VALDOSTA, Ga. - The Union University men's golf team finished in 10th place at the Southeastern Collegiate Golf Tournament. The event was hosted by Valdosta State University and was played at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. It featured 16 teams and 88 golfers. 

The stacked field featured 11 teams ranked in the top 34 teams according to Scoreboard by Clippd stat rankings. 

Union was tied for third place after the first round with a -4 284. Union then shot 294 (+6) in the second round and a 292 (=4) in the third round. The last six holes of the second round and the final round were played on Tuesday. 

Union's 10th-place finish was ahead of ranked teams Valdosta State and Saint Leo. West Florida, ranked No. 3, won the event with rounds of -4, -8, and a dominating -13 in the final round. They edged Lincoln Memorial (ranked No. 6) by two strokes. Georgia Southwestern (ranked No. 10) and Lee (ranked No. 8) finished third and fourth, respectively. All four of the top teams show all three rounds below par. 

Union's Timothy Pinkston, Gray Campbell, and Trace Robinson all led the Bulldogs in 28th place, shooting +1 for the tournament. Pinkston's best round was a -3 in round one. Campbell shot a pair of even-pars in rounds one and two. Robinson shot a -1 in the first round for his best round.

West Florida's Cooper Tendick's -12 won the event. He shot all three rounds below par (-3, -5, -4). 

Andrew Westmoreland finished 44th at +4 with his best round coming in the final round, a 2-under par round. Kip Patterson finished 72nd with a +11. 

Up next for Union will be the Lincoln Memorial Invitational in Lenoir City, Tennessee, March 24-25. 

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