COLUMBUS - The No. 17 Columbus State University men's golf team completed play in the 2022 Cougar Invitational in eighth place on Tuesday. The 12-team, 54-hole tournament took place at the Green Island Country Club in Columbus.

TEAM RESULTS
The Cougars shot a 25-over 305 on Tuesday to stay put in the eighth spot on the leaderboard. CSU finished with a 55-over 895 after two rounds of 295 on Monday.

TOP-FIVE
1. Anderson University: +19, 859 (R1: 286, R2: 275, R3: 298)
2. No. 1 Lee University: +20, 860 (R1: 283, R2: 289, R3: 288)
3. Clayton State University: +27, 867 (R1: 278, R2: 291, R3: 298)
4. No. 11 Carson-Newman University: +38, 878 (R1: 283, R2: 303, R3: 292)
t5. Coker University: +41, 881 (R1: 288, R2: 298, R3: 295)
t5. No. 18 Saint Leo University: +41, 881 (R1: 303, R2: 288, R3: 290)

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Martin Gruendemann and Arran Kanth led the way for the Cougars in round three. Both golfers turned in 4-over 74's on Wednesday in windy conditions to pace the lineup. Gruendemann fell one stroke shy of a top-10 finish with a 8-over 218. Kanth nearly played his way inside the top-20, but finished tied for 33rd with a 16-over 226.

Beck Burnette of Lee won the individual portion of the Cougar Invitational by four strokes with a 5-under 205. He finished the win off by firing a 2-under 68 on Tuesday.

CSU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
t11. Martin Gruendemann: +8, 218 (R1: 74, R2: 70, R3: 74)
t20. Bernard Meyer: +11, 221 (R1: 71, R2: 74, R3: 77)
t33. Arran Kanth: +16, 226 (R1: 75, R2: 77, R3: 74)
t57. Anthony Barr: +27, 237 (R1: 80, R2: 77, R3: 80)
t61. Trey Kelly: +28, 238 (R1: 78, R2: 79, R3: 81) - individual
66. Karan Nalam: W (R1: 75, R2: 75, R3: W)

UP NEXT
Columbus State will play in its final fall event on Oct. 24 and 25 in the Currahee Collegiate Invitational in Due West, S.C.