CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL | ROUND 3 RESULTS
MADISON, Miss. – Arkansas State, ULM, Marshall and Texas State advanced to match play following 54 holes of stroke play at the 2024 Sun Belt Men’s Golf Championship.
The Red Wolves earned the No. 1 seed with a score of 5-under par 859 as a team at the par-72, 7,190-yard Annandale Golf Club and will take on No. 4 seed Texas State in semifinal action beginning on hole No. 1 at 7:30 a.m. CT Thursday. The Bobcats carded a score of 13-over par 877 to earn a spot in match play, including a 3-under par 285 in Round 3 to vault into the all-important No. 4 position on the leaderboard.
ULM shot 6-over par 870—including a 4-under par 284 in Round 3—to secure the No. 2 seed. The Warhawks will square off against No. 3 seed Marshall in the other semifinal match teeing off from hole No. 10 at 7:30 a.m. CT Thursday. The Thundering Herd compiled a 54-hole score of 13-over par 877 and won the tiebreaker over Texas State for the No. 3 seed by virtue of a combined non-counting score of 20-over par 236.
South Alabama sophomore Hugo Thyr used six birdies over his final nine holes in regulation to finish 4-under par 212 and qualify for an individual playoff with 18 and 36-hole leader Arkansas State sophomore Thomas Schmidt.
Both golfers birdied the first playoff hole at No. 18 and parred the second playoff hole at No. 9. Circling back to No. 18 for the third playoff hole, Thyr reached the green in two and two-putted for birdie for victory after Schmidt’s second shot fell just short of the green in the water.
Thyr is the first repeat Sun Belt men’s golf individual champion since Alan Schulte of Old Dominion in 1984-85.
Coastal Carolina (+15, 879), James Madison (+17, 881), Georgia Southern (+18, 882), Louisiana (+19, 883), Troy (+20, 884), South Alabama (+23, 887), Southern Miss (+29, 893), App State (+40, 904), Old Dominion (+40, 904) and Georgia State (+51, 915) rounded out the conference championship field.
Match play begins at 7:30 a.m. CT on Thursday and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ (
semifinals and
championship) and
live scored via Golfstat.
For additional information, including relevant links and daily recaps, visit
Sun Belt Men’s Golf Championship Central.
Semifinal Matches – Thursday, April 25
7:30 a.m. CT | Hole 1 – No. 1 Arkansas State vs. No. 4 Texas State
7:30 a.m. CT | Hole 10 – No. 2 ULM vs. No. 3 Marshall
Championship Match – Thursday, April 25
Following Semifinal Match Conclusion | Hole No. 1