Penn State Men's Golf Team Finishes in Third at Spring Break ChampionshipsPenn State Men's Golf Team Finishes in Third at Spring Break Championships

Penn State Men's Golf Team Finishes in Third at Spring Break Championships

Team Results

Individual Results

March 28, 2010

Delray Beach, Fla. - The Penn State men's golf team closed out at the second annual FAU Spring Break Championships in third place after carding a final round of 289 (+5). The team's 862 (+10) tournament total sits them 20 strokes back from first place team, No. 13 Illinois (842). No. 42 Iowa finished second with a total of 860 (+8).

Senior T.J. Howe's birdie on No. 18 ended him in first for the Nittany Lions, tying for 11 among individual leaders. Howe (Osceola, Pa.) carded rounds of 74-69-71 (214) to finish at one-over par. Shooting a third-round 70 (-1), senior Kevin Foley (Somerville, N.J.) totaled a 215 (+2), tying for 13 with rounds of 76-69-70. Freshman Ernesto Marin (Miami, Fla.) ended tying for 27 with a 220 (+7). Junior Tommy McDonagh (Wilton, Conn.) concluded tied for 35 with a 222 (+9). Senior Jim Markovitz (Bridgeville, Pa.) rounded out the Nittany Lion line-up tying for 54 with a 225 (+12).

Chris DeForest of Illinois took the individual championship title with a 205 (-8). DeForest's performance gave him a four-stroke cushion over second-place Cam Burke of Eastern Michigan (209).

The Nittany Lions have a two-week break in action before heading to Columbus, Ohio for the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, April 10-11.