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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —\u00a0\u00a0Florida A&M University finished as the runner-up at the 2026 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship, posting a three-round team score of +16 to claim second place behind tournament champion Arkansas-Pine Bluff.<\/p>\n
The Rattlers closed the final round at even par, their strongest single-round performance of the tournament, finishing four strokes ahead of Prairie View A&M (+25) in the team standings. UAPB won the title at +12.<\/p>\n
FAMU’s final-round surge was fueled by a pair of standout individual performances. Emilio Garcia<\/a> carded a 2-under-par 69 in the third round, finishing the tournament at +1 overall to share third place in the individual standings. Garcia’s closing round was the second-best individual score of the day across the entire field and helped propel the Rattlers up the leaderboard heading into the final stretch.<\/p>\n Phalatphon Viboonviriyasakul<\/a> matched Garcia’s final-round score, also going 3-under in Round 3 to finish the tournament at +1. Viboonviriyasakul’s closing 69 was tied for the best score of the round, capping a tournament in which he steadily worked his way into contention after a difficult second round.<\/p>\n Sascha Robinson<\/a> rounded out the Rattlers’ scoring contributors, finishing the event at +4. Jonathan Scott<\/a> (+11) and Miguel Illas (+12) also competed for FAMU throughout the three-round event.<\/p>\n The Rattlers’ even-par final round stood out in a field that largely struggled on closing day. Only Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Jules De Reu (-1) and FAMU’s Garcia and Viboonviriyasakul (both -3 in Round 3) finished the final round under par among the tournament’s top scorers.<\/p>\n Vicente Rodriguez of Alabama A&M claimed medalist honors with a tournament total of -2, the only player in the field to finish under par for the week.<\/p>\n Florida A&M’s runner-up finish marks a strong showing for a program competing among the SWAC’s top programs. The Rattlers’ consistent scoring and final-round resilience position them as one of the conference’s premier golf programs heading into the offseason.\n<\/p>\n \n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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