PETERSBURG, Va. - At the third annual Griffin Invitational, the fifth ranked Saint Leo men's golf team finished in third place after putting together a team score of one-under 287 for the final 18 holes. The Lions turned in a three-round score of 869 (+5) on the par-72, 7,013-yard course at the Country Club of Petersburg. 

Alberto Castagnara paced the Green and Gold with a second place finish with a team low of 67 (-5) for a tournament score of 210 (-6), climbing three spots Tuesday. Oliver Lilliedahl and Dave Longhini tied for fifth after Lilliedahl moved up the player leaderboard by seven spots after his two-under 70; Longhini carded a one-under 71. Antoine Beaupre-Vachon made the biggest jump out of the entire field (71 players), moving 17 spots after firing off a final round 69 (-3) to finish at 219 +3).

Palm Beach Atlantic and the Sailfish' Martin Westerlund ran away with the top honor as Westerlund finished at 13-under 203 following rounds of 65-69-69. PBA, as a team, put together a 852 (-12) tournament. 

Saint Leo Scores
3 - Saint Leo, 292-290-287, 869 (+5)
2 - Alberto Castagnara, 74-69-67, 210 (-6)
T5 - Oliver Lilliedahl, 72-72-70, 214 (-2)
T5 - Dave Longhini⁺, 73-70-71, 214 (-2)
T15 - Antoine Beaupre-Vachon⁺, 73-77-69, 219 (+3)
T18 - Miguel Herrero⁺, 73-71-76, 220 (+4)
T25 - Nilo Sanchez, 71-76-75, 222 (+6)
T30 - Kevin Johnson, 75-73-75, 223 (+7)
61 - Shane Reynolds, 82-80-76, 238 (+22)
⁺ - playing as an individual

Up Next
The Lions will travel to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. to take on PGA National Oct. 7-8 in the Shark Invitational, hosted by Nova Southeastern. 

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History of the Griffin Invitational 
2019 (CC of Petersburg) - T - Palm Beach Atlantic, 283-281-288, 852 (-12)
2019 (CC of Petersburg) - I - Martin Westerlund (PBA), 65-69-69, 203 (-13)
2018 (TPC Tampa Bay) - T - Saint Leo, 302-297-286, 885 (+33)
2018 (TPC Tampa Bay) - I - Juan Jose Guerra (NSU), 78-69-65, 212 (-4) 
2017 (Streamsong Resort) - T - West Florida, 271-274-286, 831 (-33)
2017 (Streamsong Resort)- I - Jacob Huizinga (UWF), 69-63-70, 202 (-14) 

About Griffin Clark (1995-2016) 
On July 4th, 2016, Griffin Clark passed away in a car accident just miles away from his home in Virginia. He was 21-years-old and at what seemed to be the peak of his life, only to have it cut short. Clark was a redshirt sophomore on the men's golf team where he helped the Lions win the first ever-national championship by a team in school history in Denver, Colo., accomplishing his stated career goal of winning a national champion. Clark's winning matchup against Chico State's Kelley Sullivan sealed the victory for the Green and Gold, handing the team and University its first national title in any sport.