JACK HILUTA'S FOURTH TOP-10 FINISH OF US COLLEGE SEASON

Jack Hiluta in action for the University of South Alabama at this past week's Jim West Intercollegiate tournament.

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England international Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford is finishing his four years on the US college golf circuit as a  University of South Alabama student on a very high note. Here is the latest report from the college website:
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VICTORIA, Texas – For the second time in as many days, the University of South Alabama men’s golf team improved its group score from the previous day to move up a spot in the team standings at the Jim West Intercollegiate.
On the strength of a 1-under-par 71 from senior Jack Hiluta, the Jaguars carded a 294 total to finish seventh out of 15 teams. USA opened the event with a 303, lowering that score to a 298 in the second round, in posting its seventh top-10 finish of the season.
In fact, this past week's performance marked the fourth time in five events in the spring — and sixth occasion overall in 2010-11 — that the Jaguars have recorded their best score of a tournament over the final 18 holes.
“The guys closed well today, they picked up some shots coming in,” observed Jag head coach Ben Hannan. “It was an odd week; we had a 294 today but had to count a double and triple bogey. There were a lot of big numbers made this week, and in doing so that’s why we couldn’t take advantage of a lot of pretty good golf.”
Hiluta’s round — his team-leading 15th of the campaign at or below par — at the par-72, 6,870-yard Victoria Country Club, Texas included three birdies and a bogey-free back nine of the course. Starting on the fifth hole, Hiluta moved to 1-under par with a two at the 215-yard sixth. He would go on to birdie Nos. 10 and 18 as well, giving him a team-best 11 in the tournament.
With the effort, Hiluta moved up into a tie for seventh place, recording his fourth top-10 finish of the season with a 219 54-hole total.

“Jack played very well today,” Hannan said. “It was a different type of golf course than we typically play, you had to put the ball in the right areas. Jack had good control of his golf ball today, and he made some putts when he needed to. He really played a very solid round. With the links [style course], it appeared to be somewhat of a putting contest, and had he made a few more putts he would have really had a good finish.”

Philipp Westermann of Southeastern Louisiana was the medalist, shooting a 1-under-par 71 in the last round for a 7-under-par 209 total to end up one stroke ahead of Texas-Arlington’s Wes Worster. Clinton Shepard of Louisiana Tech (213), James Glenn of Sam Houston State (214) and SLU’s Cedric Scotto (215) were the only other individuals among the 84 playing to finish below par over 54 holes.
Louisiana Tech posted its second sub-par round in three days — the Bulldogs’ final-round 287 was the low score over the last 18 holes — for a 1-under-par 863 total, winning the championship by eight strokes over SLU. Fifteen teams were in the tournament field.

TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Jim West Intercollegiate
Victoria Country Club, Victoria, Texas
Par 72, 6,870 yards


LEADING FINAL TEAM TOTALS
1) Louisiana Tech 287-289-287—863
2) Southeastern Louisiana 293-285-293—871
3) Texas-Arlington 302-288-288—878

Selected total:
7) South Alabama 303-298-294—895
Fifteen teams took part.
 LEADING FINAL INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
1) Philipp Westermann, SLU 70-68-71—209 (-7).
2) Wes Worster, UTA 68-72-70—210.
3) Clinton Shepard, LTU 72-73-68—213.
Selected total: 
T7) Jack Hiluta, USA 74-74-71—219.