ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – Junior Barend Botha registered his best career finish ever for the Toledo men's golf team on Tuesday with a runner-up showing in The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Invitational. Botha matched his career-best under-par score by finishing with a seven-under par 203 on the par-70, 7,005-yard Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club.
As a team, the Rockets finished tied for eighth place with Iowa and Memphis. All 13 teams in the tournament field were ranked in the Top 100 of Golfstat's rankings.
Botha finished second in the field with 13 birdies and was tied for first in par-three scoring at two-under par.