Thomas Pieters follows NCAA title with Monroe win

June 16, 2012 | by Golfweek

Thomas Pieters

Pieters held off a hard-charging Alex Edfort Saturday during the final round

PITTSFORD, NY (June 16, 2012) -- Thomas Pieters held off a hard-charging Alex Edfort Saturday during the final round of the Monroe Invitational. The Illinois junior shot a final-round 2-under 68 to win the event by one shot over Edfort, of the University of Pacific. Pieters’ final-round score was his third consecutive sub-par round. After opening with 71 at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, N.Y., Pieters, of Nijlen, Belgium, put together rounds of 67-66-68 to climb the leaderboard. He shared the third-round lead with Edfort, but with a back-nine 33 on Saturday (which included an eagle at the par-5 12th), pulled ahead as Edfort went cold. The Monroe victory comes on the heels of the individual title at the NCAA Championship two weeks ago. Pieters shot 5-under 208 over 54 holes at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades to win that prestigious honor by three shots over TCU’s Julien Brun and Florida’s Tyler McCumber. Florida Gulf Coast’s Kyle English was solo third at 7-under 276 while Pieters’ teammate Mason Jacobs and Georgia Tech’s Anders Albertson finished tied for fourth another shot back. First- and second-round leader David Denlinger, of Charleston Southern, ended the tournament in a share of eighth. Denlinger opened with a 6-under 64 but didn’t shoot another score under 70.

Results: Monroe Invitational

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Thomas Pieters	, Belgium	1000	71-67-66-68--272
2	Alex Edfort	Somerset, NJ	700	70-69-65-69--273
3	Kyle English	Bloomington, IL	500	72-71-69-64--276
T4	Mason Jacobs	Metropolis, IL	500	70-70-67-70--277
T4	Anders Albertson	Woodstock, GA	500	73-65-68-71--277

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About the Monroe Invitational

Thomas Pieters follows NCAA title with Monroe win

The Monroe Invitational is held at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, NY, and is one of the oldest amateur tournaments in the United States, dating back to its first playing in 1937. The course is a Donald Ross design that is a Golfweek Top 100 Classic C...