CHOUDRANT, La. – The UT Arlington men's golf team made up ground on the leaderboard for the second-straight day as the Mavericks completed the final round of Louisiana Tech's Argent Financial Classic from Squire Creek Country Club on Tuesday.
 
UTA posted a 2-over 290 final round, and finished the week in a tie for 6th place overall with a 3-under 861. The Mavs were 11 shots back of 1st place following Sunday's opening round, eight behind after Monday's 2nd round and closed Tuesday's final round just six shots shy of three teams which tied for 1st place overall: Southern Mississippi, UAB and Louisiana (-9); Southern Miss won in a playoff.
 
Graduate transfer Ethan Miller led UTA in the final round with a 1-under 71 thanks to playing the final six holes in -3, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 17th. For the week, Miller finished T-19 on the leaderboard at -1.
 
He closed one shot back of Daniel Cronje, who paced the Mavs and posted a T-16 position on the board with a 2-under 214 total over 54 holes.
 
UTA SCORES
Team
T6) UT Arlington: 290-281-290: 861 (-3)
 
Lineup
T16) Daniel Cronje: 70-71-73: 214 (-2)
T19) Ethan Miller: 74-70-71: 215 (-1)
T28) Hiroki Miya: 76-68-73: 217 (+1)
T28) Cameron Beck: 72-72-73: 217 (+1)
T44) Arran Kanth: 74-72-74: 220 (+4)
 
INSIDE THE SCORES
CRONJE
After not recording a birdie and sitting at +3 after 14 holes, the South African caught fire in his final four holes, recording three birdies with a bogey factored in on the 16th to produce the round of 73.
 
MILLER
Miller, the Kansas State grad transfer, sat at +2 through 12 holes. A birdie on the par-4 13th got him to +1, and an eagle – his second of season – on the 561-yard 17th got him into red figures with UTA's best round of the day at 1-under.
 
MIYA
The New Zealand native rolled in four birdies compared with five bogeys in his final round, finishing with a 73 – his second-best round of the young season. He didn't post anything worse than a bogey, had his card at level par with three holes to play but finished bogey-bogey-birdie to cap for the +1 showing.
 
BECK
The sophomore birdied the 2nd hole and looked primed for another solid round. However, a bogey on the 4th and double bogey on the par-3 5th hole pushed the Mansfield native to +2, which is where he remained for the next eight holes. He finally broke the par streak with two late birdies – on holes 14 and 17 – help him get back to even par before signing for a 73.  
 
KANTH
The graduate transfer opened up his final round with a birdie on the par-5 2nd hole, and remained -1 through his first four holes. However, a bogey on 5 followed by a double bogey on 6 caused the London native to move above par. Kanth carded another double on the 16th, but he was able to shrug it off and record back-to-back birdies to finish the tournament with a 74.
 
THIS AND THAT
The Mavs finished 2nd in the field in par-4 scoring average at 4.06 (+9) … UTA also ranked 2nd in par-5 scoring average with a 4.63 (-22) … Cronje and Miller were responsible for the Mavs' two eagles during the week … Miller led UTA with 36 pars, and Miya paced the Mavs with 12 birdies … after not recording anything higher than a bogey through the first two rounds, UTA collectively had three on Tuesday.
 
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ABOUT TEXAS RANGERS GOLF CLUB
Opened in February of 2019, the state-of-the-art Texas Rangers Golf Club is the home of UTA's men's and women's golf programs. The world's only Major League Baseball-branded golf course, TRGC is the result of a $24 million renovation and updated routing of the former Chester W. Ditto Golf Course.
 
The Home of UTA Golf was designed by UTA alumni John Colligan and Trey Kemp of Arlington-based Colligan Golf Design. It features an expansive 23-acre practice area, and a new 33,871-square-foot clubhouse features a full-service restaurant and bar, covered patio overlooking the golf course, pro shop, locker rooms and numerous rental and event spaces. For more information about TRGC, click here.