Potgieter Earns Top-10 Finish at Louisiana Classics

LAFAYETTE – Freshman Malan Potgieter made the most of his inaugural appearance in the 38^th annual Louisiana Classics posting a top-10 finish and helping the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Golf team to a fifth-place finish on Tuesday at Oakbourne Country Club.

Potgieter posted a 2-over-par 73 in the final round to finish at 6-over-219 and tied with Sam Houston's Bret Gray for seventh place in the 84-player field.

Louisiana posted a team score of 301 in the final round to finish in fifth place overall at 894. Defending champion and No. 15-ranked Texas A&M earned its third overall title in the event after posting a team score of 287 and finishing at 866 for the event, 11 shots ahead of No. 32 Little Rock (877). Sam Houston was third in the event at 881 with No. 47 LSU (890) and Louisiana rounding out the top five.

Eli Ortego finished in a tie for 25^th place after posting an 82 in the final round and finishing at 225 overall. Jake Marler (228), Matt Weber (230) and Charlie Flynn (232) rounded out Louisiana's lineup.

Little Rock's Anton Albers claimed medalist honors after posting a second consecutive round of 2-under 69 to finish at 212 overall. Drew Doyle of LSU and New Orleans' Kyle Bennett were four strokes back with Texas A&M's Jamie Montojo and Vishnu Sadagopan finishing at 217.

Louisiana will return to action March 20-21 when it travels to compete in The All-American at the Golf Club of Houston. The event is co-hosted by Houston and Rice.

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38^TH ANNUAL LOUISIANA CLASSICS
March 13-14, 2023
Lafayette, La. (Oakbourne Country Club)
Par 71, 6,898 yards

TEAM RESULTS
1. Texas A&M 287-292-287-866; 2. Little Rock 296-291-290-877; 3. Sam Houston 296-288-297-881; 4. LSU 295-296-299-890; 5. Louisiana 299-294-301-894; 6. Texas State 299-299-304-902; 7. UTSA 298-310-297-905; 8. Illinois State 304-298-304-906; 9. Michigan 295-312-300-907; 10. New Orleans 295-313-300-908; 11. SMU 307-304-299-910; 12. New Mexico State 309-302-301-912; 13. Denver 304-296-317-917; 14. Louisiana Tech 319-304-299-922.

LOUISIANA RESULTS (* - competing as an individual)
T7. Malan Potgieter 72-74-73-219; T25. Eli Ortego 74-69-82-225; T35. Jake Marler 75-77-76-228; T43. Matt Weber 81-75-74-230; T59. Charlie Flynn 78-76-78-232; T72. * Burke Alford 78-80-80-238; 82. * Dylan Keating 84-78-84-246; 83. * Maximilian Feistmantl 86-84-89-259; 84. * Hudson Dubinski WD.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (‡ - competing as an individual)
1. Anton Albers (Little Rock) 74-69-69-212; T2. Drew Doyle (LSU) 73-72-71-216; T2. Kyle Bennett (New Orleans) 71-72-73-216; T4. *; 6. Phichaksn Maichon ‡ (Texas A&M) 74-70-74-218; T7. Malan Potgieter (Louisiana) 72-74-73-219; T7. Bret Gray (Sam Houston) 72-73-74-219; T9. Cohen Trolio (LSU) 72-75-73-220; T9. Jack Randle (Sam Houston) 77-69-74-220; T9. William Paysse (Texas A&M) 70-74-76-220.

Potgieter Earns Top-10 Finish at Louisiana Classics

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Malan Potgieter

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