3/11/2020 3:31:00 PM | Men's Golf
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Jacksonville State's Jesus Dario Montenegro has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Male Golfer of the Week for his play in the Bash at the Beach.
The junior from Buenos Aires, Argentina, finished third out of 105 players in the 54-hole tournament hosted by Appalachian State in Myrtle Beach, S.C. earlier in the week. He also led the Gamecocks to their second-straight team title in the event.
Montenegro fired rounds of 66-71-70 to post a 54-hole score of 207 on The Surf Golf and Beach Club. The 9-under tournament was just two shots behind the leader and led the Gamecocks to their second win and sixth top-five finish of the 2019-20 season.
He recorded three eagles in the tournament and helped JSU play the course's par five holes at a combined 36-under for the tournament. The Gamecocks also led the field withy nine eagles and were second with 57 birdies. Montenegro had 14 of those.
Through 24 rounds on the season Montenegro is second in the OVC with a 71.0 stroke average.
He and the Gamecocks will return to the links on March 23-24at The Spring Classic at the Schoolmaster on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
The junior from Buenos Aires, Argentina, finished third out of 105 players in the 54-hole tournament hosted by Appalachian State in Myrtle Beach, S.C. earlier in the week. He also led the Gamecocks to their second-straight team title in the event.
Montenegro fired rounds of 66-71-70 to post a 54-hole score of 207 on The Surf Golf and Beach Club. The 9-under tournament was just two shots behind the leader and led the Gamecocks to their second win and sixth top-five finish of the 2019-20 season.
He recorded three eagles in the tournament and helped JSU play the course's par five holes at a combined 36-under for the tournament. The Gamecocks also led the field withy nine eagles and were second with 57 birdies. Montenegro had 14 of those.
Through 24 rounds on the season Montenegro is second in the OVC with a 71.0 stroke average.
He and the Gamecocks will return to the links on March 23-24at The Spring Classic at the Schoolmaster on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
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