Oct. 27, 2009

WINDERMERE, Texas - Texas Tech Nils Floren fired a 1-over 73 Tuesday en route to a third-place finish at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Fla. The Red Raider junior has two top five finishes in three talent-laden events this season.

Following bogeys at Nos. 5 and 9, Floren made the turn at 2-over and had slipped to sixth place from his fourth-place starting position. He managed to gain a stroke back on the second nine after alternating three birdies and two bogeys on holes 12 through 16.

Sophomore Brian Scherer finished in a 25th-place tie after shooting a 78 Tuesday and finishing with a 10-over 226. Redshirt freshman Finley Ewing tied in 33rd place with a 12-over 228, while senior Chris Ward carried the Red Raiders in the final round with a 1-under 71. Ward, who had rounds of 81 and 79 earlier, finished tied in 47th place with a 15-over 231. True freshman Drew Dorsey was 28-over for the tournament and finished 71st.

Alabama's Bud Cauley shot even-par to remain atop the leaderboard and claim his second collegiate victory. Cauley posted rounds of 69-70-72 and finished at 5-under, holding off a final-round push from Stanford's Sihwan Kim, who fired a 68 to finish one shot back. Floren tied with Oklahoma State's Peter Uihlein.

Oklahoma State (291-289-301-881), Florida (292-292-302-886) and Stanford (289-300-299-888) claimed the top three spots, while Georgia (304-297-292-893) and Alabama (299-293-304-896) were fourth and fifth, respectively. South Carolina (302-301-295-898), TCU (290-306-303-899), Texas Tech (296-303-301-900), Illinois (306-297-298-901) and East Tennessee State (309-299-300-908) rounded out the top 10.

Clemson (307-298-304-909) finished 11th, followed by Arizona State (301-307-304-912), UCF (308-298-307-913), Washington (308-301-304-913) and Kentucky (317-311-301-929).