Last week, the Gophers men’s golf team returned from California after competing in the two-day Alister Mackenzie Invitational. After day one, the Gophers were set in third place with Harvard University in first, but that quickly changed the following day.

As a team, the Gophers finished in second place with a final score of 856, just 13 strokes behind the tournament champions, University of California, Berkeley.

Senior Antoine Sale finished the tournament with four birdies, which put him at a score of one under par. Overall, Sale went 67-70-71 over the course of the three-round event, which put him within the top three individual scorers of the tournament.

Junior Ben Warian hit five birdies in the third round, finishing with a score of 71, just one under par. Overall, his scores were 70-74-71, which put him in a tie for 15th place.

Graduate student Lincoln Johnson tied with his senior teammate Harrison Arnold for 20th place. Both hit four birdies in the fourth round. Arnold had a score of two over par in the third round, whereas Johnson was just one over par.

Graduate student Jacob Pederson added two birdies in the third round during a one over par performance. Pederson’s three-round score was 72-75-73, putting him in a tie for 33rd place.

Lastly, sophomore Bennett Swavely competed in the tournament as an individual tied for 36th place with a three-round score of 74-72-75.

The Gophers will travel to Windermere, Florida for the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational later this month for their last tournament of the fall season.