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GAINSVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The University of Notre Dame men\u2019s golf team completed their first competition of 2026 at the Gators Invitational with a sixth-place team finish and a score of 854(+14). Jacob Moldeski spotlighted the weekend for the Irish, finishing one stroke over par for a team-low score. With eight birdies on the weekend, the junior tied for a 17th ranked individual finish.<\/p>\n
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Through three rounds, Modleski wrapped up the weekend trip with a score of 211(+1). Opening the tournament with a first round scorecard of 71(+1) the junior ended the day with a second round total of 67(-3), including a pair of birdies on both the front and back nine. Finishing the final round with a score of 73(+3), Modleski tied for a team best 17th place.<\/p>\n
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Liam Pasternak took second for the Irish on the weekend, finishing tied for 30th overall behind six birdies across the weekend. The freshman posted a pair of rounds just over par on Saturday before posting a 71(+1) on Sunday. The 214(+4) was his lowest posting in his young career with Notre Dame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Calen Sanderson finished with a plus-5 score of 215 through his three rounds played over the weekend. After posting a score of 71(+1) in the opening round, the senior finished the second match of the day with a score of 72(+2). On Sunday, Sanderson registered birdie on the eighth hole, a par three, on his way to a score of 72(+2) in the final round of play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Junior Rocco Salvitti finished with a score of 217(+7) to claim 48th in the Gator Invitational, opening with a first round score of 77(+7). The junior would bounce back in his second round on Saturday, recording seven birdies on his way to a score of 66(-4). His final round saw another birdie on the 11th and 13th holes to finish the day with a score of 74(+4).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nate Stevens rounded out the Irish field on the weekend with a total score of 223(+13) through all 54 holes. Tallying his best round on Sunday, Stevens was one over par with a score of 71 to end the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Notre Dame returns to the links as they are slated to compete at the fourth annual The Johnnie-O at Sea Island tournament on March 8-9 in St. Simons Island, Georgia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By: Connor Toomey GAINSVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The University of Notre Dame men\u2019s golf team completed their first competition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,4577,4563,4566,4565,4564,4567,4568,622,8732,4576,4561,4569,82,4562,4574,4572,4571,4570,4573,4575,4560],"class_list":["post-479195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-featured-sport-category","tag-fighting-irish","tag-fighting-irish-baseball","tag-fighting-irish-basketball","tag-fighting-irish-football","tag-fighting-irish-hockey","tag-fighting-irish-soccer","tag-golf","tag-men-s-golf","tag-more-headlines","tag-notre-dame","tag-notre-dame-football-stadium","tag-sports","tag-und","tag-und-athletics","tag-und-baseball","tag-und-basketball","tag-und-football","tag-und-hockey","tag-und-hockey-schedule","tag-university-of-notre-dame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}