CARROLLTON, Texas - UT Arlington men's golf senior Daniel Cronje earned his first tournament win on the eighth playoff hole to highlight the North Texas Intercollegiate Tournament at Maridoe Golf Club. 

After finishing tied after 54 holes at two-over par 218 with UNT's Harry Lord, Cronje battled in the playoff as the pair rotated between the par-4 18th, par-4 13th, and par-3 14th hole. Each player parred the first playoff hole, bogeyed the second, and then each recorded five consecutive pars. On the 13th after Lord missed a par putt, Cronje tapped in for his par and the win. 

Overall, the Mavericks finished fifth in team scoring in the tourney, won by the host UNT. 

FINAL RESULTS 

T-1) Daniel Cronje: 74-72-72: 218 (+2) (won in eight-hole playoff)  

T-18) Cameron Beck: 77-78-74: 229 (+13)  

T-26) Hiroki Miya: 76-76-79: 231 (+15) 

T-26) Arran Kanth: 79-74-78: 231 (+15) 

39) Ethan Miller: 79-81-81: 241 (+25) 

TEAM 

4) UTA: 360-300: 606 (+30) 

Playing as Individuals: 

T-33) Trent Griessel: 79-77-79: 235  

40) Michael Chevalier: 93-80:80: 253 

INSIDE THE SCORES 

CRONJE 

The playoff win was the end of another impressive round for Cronje, who came out on fire on the par-72, 7,388-yard layout. Beginning the day in third place and opening play on the sixth hole with a shotgun start, Cronje birdied the par-4 opening hole and the par-3 eighth to move into first place. After bogeying the par-4 10th, he bounced back with a birdie on the par-3 14th to take a two-shot lead into the second nine. However, bogeys on his 16th and 17th holes (par-3 third, par-4 fourth) tied the score before a par on par-4 fifth led to the playoff. 

Among the field, Cronje tied for the lead in par-3 scoring (2.75), tied for second in par-4 scoring (4.03), and was fourth in pars (40). 

BECK 

Beck's two-over 74 was his best round of the tournament. He began play with a birdie on the par-4 ninth and shook off a pair of bogeys on 12 and 15 with back-to-back birdies on the par-5 16th and par-3 17th to complete the first nine. Beck closed a trio of bogeys on his second nine and carded 10 pars on the round. 

MIYA 

Like Beck, Miya also birdied the 16th and was one of four Mavericks to birdie the sixth hole. Miya recorded eight pars and seven bogeys during the final round.  

KANTH 

Kanth posted a red number on the sixth, his only birdie of the day, along with 12 pars (six on each nine) and three bogeys.  

MILLER 

After a slow start on the opening nine, Miller was three shots better on the second nine, highlighted by birdies on the par-4 fourth and the par-3 eighth. He completed the round with nine pars and four bogeys.  

GRIESSEL 

Griessel birdied three holes in every round of the tournament. Opening on hole 13, he came out firing with birdies on the par-4 13th and the par-3 14th and added a final red number on the par-4 sixth. Griessel tallied seven pars and seven bogeys on Tuesday. 

CHEVALIER 

Chevalier carded birdies on the par-5 second and the par-5 11th, his seventh and 16th holes of the day, respectively. Chevalier made eight pars and six bogeys on the day. 

UP NEXT 

The Mavericks will compete in the WAC Championship April 26-28 in Payson, Arizona.  

– #BuckEm – 

 
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