PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The Commodores tied Texas Tech in stroke play and in match play on Sunday, but the Red Raiders came away with a 19-13 win in the inaugural Carmel Cup at the world famous Pebble Beach Golf Club.
Both teams tallied eight points on Sunday in a modified medal-match play format, and each team shot a combined 605 for eight players.
Trey DelGreco posted Vanderbilt’s lowest round on Sunday with a 71, and the team’s lowest three-round score of the weekend with a 219 (78-70-71). Adam Hofmann and Will Snipes following DelGreco with a 73 on Sunday, and each tallied a 225 for the weekend. Texas Tech’s Clement Sordet won medalist honors for the tournament.
Hofmann received some hardware at a post game awards ceremony after claiming a putting contest on Thursday night.
More Photos
Here are some more photos from Sunday’s round at Pebble Beach. Conditions were a little foggier and cooler on Sunday morning, but the beauty of this place still shines through.
Third Round Photo Gallery
Coaches Match Correction
Assistant coach Dusty Smith alerted me of a mistake I made in Saturday’s blog – the competition with the coaches was between assistants and head coaches, a competition, Smith wryly admitted, that was won by the assistant coaches.
Coach Pitino Sighting
Louisville men’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino was seen playing a round of golf at Pebble Beach on Sunday with two of his sons. The Commodores men’s basketball team travels to Louisville on December 2nd in a nationally televised game on ESPN.
Next Year’s Carmel Cup
Preparations are being made for another Carmel Cup in 2012 – things are still in the preliminary phases, but Vanderbilt and Texas Tech are scheduled to return to the Pebble Beach area next year.
Video Interviews
Senior Trey DelGreco talks about the once-in-a-lifetime experience at the Carmel Cup.
