Out of the previous 11 UNLV men’s golf home tournaments, the Rebels had won seven of them.
The team didn’t add their eighth victory in 12 years following a disappointing effort at the 2016 Southern Highlands Collegiate played at the private Southern Highlands Golf Club, the Rebels home course.
UNLV finished 12th at 27-over par, 22 strokes behind USC, the fourth-ranked team in the country. Florida, coached by former UNLV player and assistant coach J.C. Deacon, finished as the runner-up.
Florida’s Sam Horsfield, the nation’s 17th-ranked player, finished at 7-under par and won the individual title by four strokes over USC’s Sean Crocker.