THE COLONY, Texas – Only one week ago University of the Incarnate Word women's golfer Gracie Aday won a four-hole sudden-death playoff to take the individual title at the 2016 Lady Cardinal Classic. On Tuesday men's golfer Kevin Smith made his own mark with a three-hole sudden-death playoff victory to take the individual championship and lead the Cardinals to a sixth-place overall finish at The Classic at The Tribute.
 
HOW IT WAS WON
 
UIW shot a combined 591 (+15) to sixth out of 15 programs at the two-day, two-round tournament. Murray State College won the event with a combined score of 572 (-4), followed by Tyler Junior College with a total of 577 (+1).
 
The individual title went down to the final put. After tying for first place with a two-round total of 141 (-3), Smith and Murray State College golfer George Whitebread entered a sudden-death playoff to decide the overall winner. Both players shot par on the first two holes of the playoff, before a Smith par on the third hole clenched the championship.
 
LEADERS
 
Smith paced the Cardinals with rounds of 69 and 72. Jeff Conflitti was the next-highest finisher for UIW, turning in solid rounds of 71 and 75 to shot 146 (+2) and come in 16^th at the tournament.
 
Cole Solis earned a 152 (+8) with rounds of 75 and 77 to take 35^th, while John Hill registered a 155 (+11) with rounds of 76 and 79 to place 50^th. Just off of Solis' pace, Remy Huston shot 156 (+12) with rounds of 80 and 76 to come in 54^th out of 80 participants.
 
Playing individually, Caden Wylie finished tied for 23^rd at the event, shooting rounds of 72 and 76 for a total of 148 (+4).
 
QUOTES
 
HEAD COACH BRAD MARTIN ON THE TEAM RESULTS
 
"We didn't show up like we should have and we didn't reach our potential, but Kevin played awesome."
 
HEAD COACH BRAD MARTIN ON KEVIN SMITH'S PERFORMANCE
 
"Kevin played well. He was steady and made no major mistakes. He played well in the playoff, played well overall and deserved to win the tournament."
 
UP NEXT
 
The men's golf team will have a three-month hiatus before kicking off their spring campaign with the 2017 UIW Invitational running Feb. 13-14 at The Republic Golf Club.
 
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