EL DORADO, Ark. - App State men's golf finished sixth at the 2021 Sun Belt Men's Golf Championship on Tuesday.
The sixth-place team finish marked a program best finish at the Sun Belt Championships as a member affiliate. App State was tied for fourth entering the final round of stroke play, but the Mountaineers would miss advancing to the top-four team match-play event on Wednesday by two strokes.
"The guys played their tails off all week," head coach Jason Allison said. "We are all disappointed with the way it ended, but I couldn't be more prouder of this team. They truly gave it their all."
Georgia Southern, Little Rock, ULM and Coastal Carolina advanced to Wednesday's match-play round to determine a team champion. Ben Carr from Georgia Southern won the individual medalist honors at 3-over-par for the event.
Timothius Tirto Tamardi paced the Mountaineer effort by tying for fifth on the player leaderboard, his third top-five finish of the season. Tamardi entered the clubhouse 8-over-par and with a three-round score of 224.
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Sverrir Haraldsson and Lukas Jönsson posted top-20 finishes, carding a pair of 232s to tie for 19th individually.
As a team, App State led the entire field in par-5 scoring and in made birdies with a total of 39.
Dylan Lukes sank a tournament-leading 12 birdies and finished tied for 27th.
