AKRON, Ohio – Junior Gustav Fransson placed third with a 5-under par to lead the Old Dominion University men’s golf team to a sixth-place finish at the Firestone Invitational, hosted by the University of Akron, at Firestone Country Club’s North Course on Tuesday afternoon.
As a team, the Monarchs finished the tournament with a collective score of 9-over par. Going into the final round, the Monarchs were in a tie for second, but the final 18 holes were not kind to ODU, as the team posted a 18-over to settle into sixth place.
The sixth-place finish was the Monarchs’ third top-10 finish to start the season, which is a feat the team hasn’t accomplished since the start of the 2007-2008 season.