NEED TO KNOW:
Piedmont Leaders: 1st - JOSH HEBRINK (67-71-73) -5 and FRED ROBERTS IV (74-71-66) -5
As a Team: 1st of 19
Event Information: 19 teams; 100 golfers
The Course: Tunica National (Tunica Resorts, Miss.; Par 72 - 6,913 yards)

TUNICA RESORTS, Miss. - The No. 11 Piedmont men's golf team captured the team title at the Rhodes Fall Intercollegiate as JOSH HEBRINK and FRED ROBERTS IV earned individual co-medalist honors, both finishing 5-under for the event.

Roberts IV shot a program-record 6-under 66 in the final round to catch Hebrink, who had raced out to the lead with a 5-under 67 in the first round Sunday. The round was incredible from start-to-finish and included not a single bogey to go with six birdies, all coming on par 4's.


 

Hebrink entered the day in the lead and made birdie on his third hole of the day to jump three shots in front. Despite a pair of bogeys on his card, the junior from Elk River, Minnesota was rock solid down the stretch, making six straight pars to close out his round with only Roberts IV able to tie him.


 

As a team, the Lions fired a tournament-best 282 in the final round to defeat second-place LeTourneau by eight shots. Piedmont finished at 3-under for the event, marking just the second time in program history they have finished an event under par.

The rest of the Piedmont lineup pitched in as well, as junior ERIC PENLAND delivered a 1-under 71 that included four birdies. The veterans MICHAEL CLARDY and BEN HUBER came through in the clutch yet again, with Clardy going for his tournament-best even par 72 and Huber carding a 2-over 74 to finish in a tie for 12th on the individual leaderboard.

Competing as an individual, MATT ARIZA delivered his second 1-under 71 of the tournament to come in 11th place on the individual board. Newcomer KAYDEN WHITE also posted his best round of the event, finishing with a 73 and T-41st on the individual leaderboard.

The team win marks Piedmont's first since capturing the 2021 USA South Conference Tournament Championship in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 

Up next, the Lions wil be back in action next week, as they travel to North Carolina to take part in the Gate City Invitational, beginning next Monday, Sept. 26.

LIONS ON THE LEADERBOARD:

1	Piedmont University	288	291	282	861
T1	FRED ROBERTS IV (1)	74	71	66	211
T1	JOSH HEBRINK (2)	67	71	73	211
T12	BEN HUBER (5)	72	74	74	220
T22	MICHAEL CLARDY (3)	75	75	72	222
T34	ERIC PENLAND (4)	76	78	71	225

11th - MATT ARIZA (71-76-71) 218
T-41st - KAYDEN WHITE (77-77-73) 227

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
- Coming from seven strokes back, Roberts IV made three birdies on the front nine and the back nine, including at the 18th hole, to set the program record for low individual round.
- Roberts IV's 66 was one stroke lower than Hebrink, who tied the previoius record in the first round on Sunday.
- Hebrink and Roberts IV both take home their first individual titles
- Hebrink and Roberts IV's 54-hole total of 211 is tied for fourth best in program history.

 



NEWS AND NOTES:
- Piedmont's 282 team score on Monday is tied for the fourth best in program history.
- The team's 861 54-hole total is the third-best mark in school history.

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