South Surrey’s Adam Svensson has not cooled off after a sizzling start to the NCAA Div. II golf season.
The Barry University sophomore won his sixth tournament of the season April 1, helping the host team capture the Buccaneer Invitational for the sixth time in seven years at Miami’s Normandy Shores Golf Club. The Buccaneers, who matched the school record with their fifth tournament title of the season, shot 278 in Tuesday’s final round to win by 22 strokes.
Svensson, shot a course- and school-record 61 in Monday’s second round, won the tournament at 13-under 200. He shot 1-under 70 in the final round. Playing as an individual, Barry sophomore Nico Cavero, a Doral, Fla., native, was the runner-up, shooting 7-under 206.
Svensson led the tournament in par-4 scoring at 5-under. The Earl Marriott grad’s personal-best 61 to set the course record put himself in lofty company. Some of golf’s greatest names, including legends Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead and Peter Thomson have played Normandy Shores, but none of them went lower than Svensson’s 61. The previous course record was 63.
The tournament win was Svensson’s second in a row following a dominant showing at the Bobcat Invitational in Georgia March 17.
Svensson was the only golfer in the 93-player field to break par for the tournament. He finished at 1-under 139 in the 36-hole event on The Golf Club of Cuscowilla. The event was reduced to two rounds due to poor weather conditions.
Svensson, the No. 1-ranked player in NCAA Div. II, won his fifth individual tournament title of the season. His victory established a school career record – all of his wins coming in the 2013-14 season.
“It feels pretty good to break the record,†Svensson said in a press release. “It was brutal conditions, and I just kind of stuck in there. It’s a special win, knowing that it’s a record-setting win for Barry.â€
The Buccaneers, ranked No. 1 in the country, finished second as a team, shooting 284 in Tuesday’s final round for a 594 total.