DALLAS, Texas – No. 18 Arizona Men's Golf picked up where it left off in Tuesday's third round of the Jackson T. Stephens Cup after a blistering-low round was cut short due to darkness on Monday. The Wildcats fired 20-under par as a team in the final round of stoke play as junior Tiger Christensen made history by winning the individual title with a final score of 19-under. Arizona's 20-under round on Tuesday punched a ticket to the match play finale against Florida State for the team championship on Wednesday.

Christensen's win was the first of his collegiate career and broke a program record for the lowest 54-hole score in a tournament. With a 20-under performance in Tuesday's round, Arizona finished with an impressive team score of 46-under par and locked in their position as the No. 2 seed for the match play championship.

The Hamburg, Germany native's final round of 64 was one of three rounds of 68 or lower for the Wildcat lineup. Sophomore Zach Pollo fired a 6-under round of 66 to rise up into a tie for third place on the player leaderboards at 13-under. Fellow sophomore Filip Jakubcik carded a 4-under round of 68 to end stroke play, which put him into a tie for 19^th at 5-under.

The Cats will face the Seminoles in an 18-hole match play format that mirrors the NCAA Championships on Wednesday. The two teams will tee off at 10:20 a.m. (MST) from the first hole at Trinity Forest Golf Club on the Golf Channel.

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— Arizona Men's Golf (@ArizonaMGolf) October 10, 2023

NEWS & NOTES

• Tiger Christensen's 19-under par performance in the individual championship win surpassed the program record for 54-hole tournament scoring that was previously held by Chris Nallen who shot 18-under in his win at the 2004 Arizona Intercollegiate.
• Arizona's final team score of 46-under at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup set a team record for score in relation to par in a 54-hole tournament.
• The Wildcats' 20-under final round this week was the second lowest team round in school history, trailing their 21-under performance in the first round of the 2019 Arizona Intercollegiate.
• Christensen played nearly perfect golf to end his championship run at the Stephens Cup, closing his play with 28 consecutive holes without a bogey.
• The 8-under round of 64 carded by Christensen on Tuesday marks just the second time in the last 15 seasons an Arizona golfer has shot 8-under or lower in a round.