Wilhelm Ryding led the University of South Florida men’s golf team to a fourth-place finish at the American Men’s Golf Championship, according to an April 29 announcement. The event took place at the Ritz-Carlton Members Club in Sarasota, where Ryding finished eighth out of 59 golfers with a score of 9-under 207.
The championship marked USF’s lowest 54-hole team score of the season, as they recorded a total of 24-under 840. Ryding posted his third consecutive under-par round with a score of 2-under 70. Roman Solomon contributed by leading the Bulls in the final round with his season-best performance, shooting a 5-under 67.
Hugo Trommetter also performed well for USF, recording his second straight round at three under par and finishing tied for eleventh place at six under. Joshua Stewart tied for fourteenth after shooting four under over three rounds, while Jackson Spybey placed thirty-second overall.
No. 22 Charlotte won the team title by seventeen strokes with a total score of forty-eight under par. Memphis’ Diego Do Patrocinio Lourenco claimed the individual championship after finishing fourteen under par.
The Bulls will learn if they have secured a spot in the NCAA Regionals on May 6 during an announcement on Golf Channel. The USF men’s golf program has achieved nineteen conference titles and produced nineteen All-America honorees since its inception. Under head coach Steve Bradley—who has earned five American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year awards since taking over in 2014—the program has posted twenty-five tournament wins and six individual conference champions.
