Cajuns Place 15th Overall In Rugged All American

HUMBLE, Texas – Eli Ortego posted a final round score of 2-over-par 74 and finished in a tie with teammate Malan Potgieter to lead the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Golf team on the final day of the All American on Tuesday at the Golf Club of Houston.

Louisiana, competing in a 21-team field which featured six teams in the GolfStat Top-50, finished the 54-hole event in 15^th place at 895. Ole Miss claimed the tournament crown after posting a low score of 7-under 281 in the final round and 855 for the event.

No. 14-ranked Tennessee and No. 36 Louisville tied for second at 859 with No. 17 Kansas State (866) and Sam Houston (868) rounding out the top five.

Ortego sandwiched a pair of 74's around a 1-over-73 in Monday's second round to finish tied for 33^rd place in the 108-player field at 5-over-221. Ortego started on the back nine at No. 13 in the shotgun start and made the turn at 3-over before posting a birdie on the front at No. 8 to finish at 1-under 35.

Potgieter, who finished at 221 for the event, opened the day with birdies on his first two holes before making the turn at even-par and posting a pair of double bogeys to close out the round.

Jake Marler turned in his best round of the tournament with a 4-over-76 to finish at 241 for the Ragin' Cajuns. Charlie Flynn posted a 5-over-77 in the final round with Matt Weber posting an 83.

Burke Alford and Dylan Keating, both playing individually on the GCH Member's Course, posted final rounds of 74 and 84 to close out play. Alford, who recorded a 2-over-74 in Monday's second round, posted an identical score in the final round to finish at 226 overall.

Louisiana will resume play on April 3-4 when it travels to West Point, Miss., to compete in Mississippi State's Mossy Oak Collegiate Championship at the Mossy Oak Golf Club.

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THE ALL AMERICAN
March 20-21, 2023
Humble, Texas (Golf Club of Houston)
Par 72, 7,067 yards

TEAM RESULTS
1. Ole Miss 288-286-281-855; T2. Tennessee 288-286-285-859; T2. Louisville 278-288-293-859; 4. Kansas State 288-286-292-866; 5. Sam Houston 288-289-291-868; 6. Arkansas State 293-289-290-872; 7. LSU 287-289-297-873; 8. Houston 292-288-297-877; 9. Louisiana Tech 296-285-303-884; T10. Southern Miss 305-289-292-886; T10. Texas State 295-297-294-886; T10. North Texas 288-301-297-886; 13. ULM 298-293-300-891; 14. Lamar 297-302-293-892; 15. Louisiana 297-295-303-895; 16. Georgia State 293-299-306-898; 17. UTSA 297-308-294-899; 18. Charleston Southern 304-306-297-907; 19. Abilene Christian 306-306-298-910; 20. UTRGV 315-300-305-920; 21. Rice 312-304-307-923.

LOUISIANA RESULTS
T33. Malan Potgieter 74-71-76-221; T33. Eli Ortego 74-73-74-221; T71. Charlie Flynn 74-78-77-229; T86. Matt Weber 75-73-83-231; 107. Jake Marler 84-81-76-241.

THE ALL-AMERICAN INDIVIDUAL
March 20-21, 2023
Humble, Texas (Golf Club of Houston -Member Course)
Par 72, 7,508 yards

LOUISIANA INDIVIDUALS
17. Burke Alford 78-74-74-226; 33. Dylan Keating 90-81-84-255.

Cajuns Place 15th Overall In Rugged All American

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Players Mentioned

Burke Alford

Charlie Flynn

Dylan Keating

Jake Marler

Eli Ortego

Malan Potgieter

Matt Weber