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Tartans Place Second at O'Briant-Jensen; Patrick Tan Ties School Record with a 67

Tartans Place Second at O'Briant-Jensen; Patrick Tan Ties School Record with a 67

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's golf team, ranked 25th nationally, finished play at the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial hosted by Guilford College at the Sedgefield Country Club - Dye Course in Greensboro, North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon. The Tartans carded a 283 and placed second in the 20-team field with a 36-hole score of 581 (298-283) on the par 71, 6,822-yard course. The team score of 283 on Tuesday is the second lowest round in program history and tied for the lowest round at the two-day Memorial.

Methodist University, 11-time NCAA Division III National Champions, won the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial Golf Tournament, finishing one-stroke better than the Tartans with a 580 after carding back-to-back rounds of 290.

Junior Patrick Tan (Vancouver, British Columbia/Prince of Wales Secondary) tied the lowest round in program history on Tuesday after carding a career-best round of four-under par 67. Tan recorded four birdies and 14 pars on Tuesday. The junior improved 11 strokes from Monday's round to finish with a 145 (78-67), which tied him for fourth in a field of 114 golfers. Tan's round of 67 was also the lowest round turned in at the 36-hole event.

Freshman Jason Li (Sewickley, Pa./Sewickley Academy) carded a one-under 70 in the second round and finished with a 147 (77-70), as he placed in a tie for 13th with senior Nikhil Mohan (Bangalore, India/Canadian International School). Mohan carded a 74 Tuesday after firing a 73 on Monday.

Junior Austin Lin (Los Gatos, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) improved eight strokes in round two on Tuesday and carded a one-over par 72. Lin ended play with a 152 (80-72) while his round of 72 on Tuesday tied his collegiate-best. Freshman Trevor Arashiro (Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani) ended the event with a 152 (70-82).

The Tartans had one individual enter the invitational, as senior Adrian Del Bosque (Monterrey, Mexico/IMG Academy) carded rounds of 74 and 79 to finish with a153.