Bulls Tie for Third at Intercollegiate at Innisbrook

Brad Caldwell

USF finished the fall season with four straight top-five finishes (third, fourth, second, tied for third).

The Bulls led the Intercollegiate at Innisbrook field with a par-5 scoring average of 4.68 (-19) and 51 birdies.

About USF Men's Golf

– USF men's golf wrapped up the five-tournament fall season with its fourth straight top-five finish at the Intercollegiate at Innisbrook on Tuesday.USF tied for third place with league foe Memphis at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course, the site of The American Championship. At 2-over, the Bulls and Tigers finished ahead of five other AAC programs – Houston (T5, +12), East Carolina (T5, +12), UCF (8, +24), Wichita State (10, +35) and Temple (T13, +50).andboth tied for seventh place at even par whileandeach tied for 20place.Gifford led the Bulls with a 1-under 70 in the final round that helped the sophomore secure his third straight top-10 finish. The Boca Raton, Fla., native collected a team-high 12 birdies and finished with consecutive under-par rounds (67-70). Gifford registered a team-best scoring average of 71.07 this fall.Flexsenhar matched his career best with a 67 in the opening round and posted his first top-10 finish of the season. The senior from Lake Mary, Fla., tied for the best par-4 scoring average in the 90-player Innisbrook field (3.93, -2), shot even par on par-3 holes and totaled 11 birdies.Bergstrom extended his top-25 streak to four straight tournaments with three consecutive rounds of 72. The sophomore from Ljunghusen, Sweden placed third or better in the past three tournaments and ranked second on the team with a scoring average of 71.47 this fall.Furuya opened the event with a 3-under 68, made 11 birdies and earned his first top-25 finish of the season. The senior from Alpharetta, Ga., shot par or better in four of the Bulls' final six rounds of the fall."Obviously, we're a little disappointed we didn't quite meet our standards of what we came here to achieve, but we battled the whole time. There was no give-up in the guys, the effort was there. We just didn't execute as good as we needed to at times on a hard golf course. All in all, it was a good fall. It wasn't a great fall, but I think our ceiling is really high. We've got 115 days until we play our next event and we gotta get better. We have to learn from our mistakes, work on our weaknesses and turn them into strengths. If we do that come April, we're gonna be a really good team."USF will prepare for its spring season that begins Feb. 15 at the Florida Gators Invitational in Gainesville. The Bulls will play six tournaments before returning to Innisbrook's Copperhead Course for The American Championship that takes place April 26-28.USF men's golf captured four consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship titles in wire-to-wire fashion prior to 2019 and has earned seven straight trips to NCAA Regionals. The program is led by Steve Bradley , who has been named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year four times. Follow @USFMGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.