AKUMAL, MEXICO - The Western New Mexico Men's Golf team concluded the Shootout at PGA Riviera Maya on Tuesday with a team score of 916 (+52). The team would finish the tournament at T5.

Leading the Mustangs on the day was Evaristo 'Vari' Mariscal (Deming, NM/Deming High School) who shot a final round 74, improving his score each day with 80-75-74 (+13). After leading the team on day three, Mariscal would finish in 19th. A pair of Mustangs would hit eagles on the day, both Jacob Alcorta (Silver City/Silver HS) and Jonty Butcher (Barnsley, GB/Penistone Grammar School) would find the bottom of the cup in three strokes on a par 5. Alcorta would finish the tournament scoring a team best 76-74-78 (+12). Butcher finished in T44, scoring 82-80-77 (+23).

Zhixian 'David' Piao (Qingdao, China/Tiantai Town School) finished the tournament with 10 birdies while putting up a tournament score of 75-78-78 (+15) which would have him finishing T29. Jayden Schmitz (Oro Valley, AZ/Ironwood Ridge HS) would score a 79 (+7) on the final day of action, placing him in T20 with a final score of 75-76-79 (+14).

The Men's Golf team will be back in action in Amarillo, TX at Amarillo Country Club for the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational on October 12 and 13. 

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