GULFPORT, Miss. - The University of Mobile Men's Golf team saw action for the first time during the 2024-25 campaign on Tuesday, Sept. 17, competing at the Gulf Shootout in Gulfport, Miss. The one-round tournament was a scheduled individual tournament featuring three teams, including Mobile, Spring Hill (Ala.), and host-team Loyola (La.).
The Rams, led by 10th-year head coach TJ Jackson, found success across the 18-hole shootout, seeing four players crack the top five following play. Additionally, junior Aidan Farmer highlighted Mobile's performers by finishing tied for first overall with a 74 (+2), tying with Loyola's Preston Giroir for the top spot. There was not a playoff to decide a sole winner. Farmer picked up a birdie in two shots on the eighth hole at the Windance Country Club for his best hole of the round.
Freshman Jackson Clemmons followed closely behind Farmer on Tuesday, tallying a 75 (+3) in his first collegiate tournament. Clemmons placed tied for third overall, picking up a team-best three birdies in the process. Both Cooper Douglass and Gonzalo Godoy rounded out the top five for Mobile with pair of 76's (+4), tying for fifth overall, and Jon Byrd notched a 15th-place finish with an 81 (+9).
In total, 33 individual entrants played in Tuesday's 18-hole tournament, with all three teams seeing four players place within the top 10. Mobile paced the field with four in the top five.
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What's Ahead
With the first tournament of the year in the books, the Rams are scheduled to return to action for the first team tournament of the season in a couple of weeks. Mobile is scheduled to compete in the Music City Collegiate on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7-8 in Dickson, Tenn., just west of downtown Nashville. The tournament is hosted by Cumberland University (Tenn.) and will be played at the GreyStone Golf Club.
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About the University of Mobile
The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.
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