Razorbacks advance to match play at SEC behind Perico’s record score

SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Arkansas will advance to match play this weekend at the 2019 SEC Men’s Golf Championships after finishing stroke play in seventh place with a score of 855 (281-274-300).

The Razorbacks, ranked 37th nationally, will face No. 4 Vanderbilt in the quarterfinal round Saturday morning. The winner will advance to the semifinals Saturday afternoon.

The Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course (par 70, 7,005-yards) showed is teeth Friday with strong winds that resulted in the 14 teams shooting a combined 214-over-par for the day.

Auburn, ranked 13th nationally, won the team title with a score of 816 and had the individual medalists as Jovan Rebula and Graysen Huff tied for the lead with a score of 202.

Vanderbilt, ranked fourth nationally, was second on the team leaderboard (832), followed by No. 27 Texas A&M (843), No. 52 Kentucky (843), No. 22 Tennessee (846), No. 16 Georgia (846), No. 37 Arkansas (855) and No. 15 South Carolina (856).

Razorback freshman Julian Perico finished eighth with 3-under-par, 54-hole score of 207 (66-67-74). That three-round total ties for the fourth-best, 54-hole score by a Razorback at the SEC Championship.

The record is 202 by 2013 SEC Champion Sebastian Cappelen, followed by a pair of 206’s by Taylor Moore in 2015 and Bud Still in 1995. William Buhl carded a 207 to finish third last season.

Over the 54 holes, Perico produced 37 pars and 10 birdies, tying his best effort of the season for holes played at par or better in an event.

Perico has been the low scorer at a team-best four events this season with a team-best four top-five finishes (in 12 events).

Tyson Reeder joined Perico as low scorer in the final round Friday, each shooting a 74. Reeder tied for 52nd overall with a score of 222 (73-75-74). Mason Overstreet, who shot a 76 Friday, tied for 36th after posting a total of 215 (69-70-76).

The junior has finished among the top 30 in each of three years at the SEC Championships, tying for 13th and 16th in previous seasons. Luis Garza also shot a 76 in the final round and finished tied for 35th with a score of 217 (73-68-76). Buhl completed the quintet by tying for 50th with a 54-hole total of 221 (75-69-77)

2019 SEC Championships
Sea Island Golf Club – Seaside Course
St. Simons Island, Ga.
Par 70 • 7,005 Yards