Marquette Intercollegiate: Chattanooga takes the team title

September 5, 2023 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Chattanooga Men's Golf (Chattanooga Athletics Photo)

Chattanooga's Sam Espinosa-Trueba tied for first place to propel the team to the win.

Chattanooga won the team competition at the Marquette Intercollegiate by three shots over California.

Chattanooga finished 11-over as a team, and California finished 14-over to finish in solo second place.

Purdue and Texas A&M finished 15-over to finish tied for third place.

Cincinnati rounded out the top five with a score of 17-over. Host school Marquette finished in solo sixth place at 22-over.

In the Individual competition, Sam Espinosa-Trueba of Chattanooga and Eric Lee of California finished tied for first place at 3-under. Espinosa-Trueba bounced back from a 2-over 74 in the second round with a 4-under 68.

Espinosa-Trueba started his final round 4-under through the first eight holes and played the rest of the round at even par. He shot rounds of 71-74-68 to finish 3-under.

Sam Espinosa-Trueba

Espinosa-Trueba was up and down throughout the tournament, recording 10 birdies and seven bogeys.

Lee shot rounds 71-70-72 to finish 3-under. He eagled the first hole of the tournament and made a birdie on No. 2, starting his first round 3-under through two holes.

Lee never made par on the first hole, a par-5. He made an eagle in round one, a birdie in round two, and a bogey in round three.

Jamie Montogo of Texas A&M and Sampson Zheng of California finished T3 at 2-under and Herman Sekne of Purdue finished in solo fifth place at 1-under.

Results: Marquette Intercollegiate

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
T1	Samuel Espinosa	, Spain	600	71-74-68=213
T1	Eric Lee	Fullerton, CA	600	71-70-72=213
T3	Jaime Montojo Fernandez	, Spain	300	71-71-72=214
T3	Sampson Zheng	, China	300	70-73-71=214
5	Herman Sekne	, Norway	300	74-73-68=215