LAFAYETTE, La. – Kasper Nyland turned in his best finish of the season and Texas State men's golf wrapped up the Louisiana Classics with a 7-over 295 in Tuesday's final round to place ninth for the tournament at Oakbourne Country Club (Par 72, 6,898 yards).
 
The Bobcats shot 10-over 874 (289-290-295) for the two-day event. They were two strokes back of eighth and 10 back from cracking the top-five.
 
Nyland carded a 1-over 217 (71-72-74) to place in a tie for 18th, which was his best finish at a tournament since the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in March 2023 (T-4th).
 
Only five of the 15 teams in the field shot even par or better for the tournament, led by the tournament-winner Texas A&M who carded a 31-under 833 (276-282-275).
 
"Another solid week for us in a tough field of teams," said Shane Howell, Texas State head coach. "We need to clean up our par-4 scoring so we can be more consistent from round to round. For us to win tournaments, we need to be dominant in this area."
 
The Bobcats were top-seven in par-3 (+10) and par-4 (-11) scoring for the tournament but were 12th in par-4 scoring (+26).
 
Tom Roed Karlsen was the next highest finisher for the Bobcats as he tied for 26th with a 2-over 218 (74-72-72). He and Nyland were the only Bobcats to turn in two rounds of even-par or better in the tournament.
 
Marcelo Garza bounced back from his second round with an even-par 72 on Tuesday to score the Bobcats.
 
Texas State will return to action next week with the All-American Intercollegiate at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble.
 
Course Info
Oakbourne CC (Par 72, 6,898 yds)
 
Team Scores – Final
1. Texas A&M, -31 (276-282-275; 833)
2. Sam Houston, -14 (283-289-278; 850)
3. LSU, -9 (286-279-290; 855)
4. Wake Forest, -3 (289-282-290; 861)
5. SMU, E (293-280-291; 864)
6. Michigan, +1 (284-286-295; 865)
7. Louisiana Tech, +7 (290-287-294; 871)
8. Wake Forest (B), +8 (285-291-296; 872)
9. Texas State, +10 (289-290-295; 874)
10. TCU, +12 (290-289-297; 876)
11. Rice, +13 (292-294-291; 877)
12. Little Rock, +14 (291-294-293; 878)
T-13. Louisiana, +20 (296-294-294; 884)
T-13. South Alabama, +20 (288-295-301; 884)
15. Illinois State, +23 (291-292-304; 887)
 
 
Texas State Individual Scores – Final
T-18. Kasper Nyland, +1 (71-72-74; 217)
T-26. Tom Roed Karlsen, +2 (74-72-72; 218)
T-41. Sakke Siltala, +5 (73-71-77; 221)
T-58. Jack Burke, +8 (71-75-78; 224)
T-68. Marcelo Garza, +9 (74-79-72; 225)