VALDOSTA, Ga. – The No. 3 ranked UWF men's golf team shot a final round 13-under on Tuesday to win the 2025 Southeastern Collegiate tournament at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. The Argos outpaced four other top 10 teams in the nation to earn the win.

In addition to the team win junior Cooper Tendick was the overall individual winner with a 12-under 204. Tendick shot 69 in the first round, 67 in the second round and 68 in the final round. He only recorded just three bogeys the entire weekend and had nine birdies and an eagle.

For the top four scoring players, the Argos only had one over par score over the entire three rounds.

After shooting four-under as a team in round one UWF sat tied for third place. In round two the Argos improved with an eight-under round to get to -12 but remained in third place. But the Argos saved their best for the final round with the lowest single round score of the tournament at -13. West Florida won by two strokes to second place finisher Lincoln Memorial.

TJ Thompson came up big for UWF in a challenging situation after recording a double on hole No. 15 – a 210-yard par 3. The sophomore responded with a par on No. 16 and birdie on par 3 – No. 17. He then closed his round with a birdie on No. 4 to get to two-under.

UWF had four player finish in the top 15 for individual scores. Thompson was tied for fourth at six under. Fabian Wennerlof shot four under to tie for eleventh and Eddie Lee tied for fourteenth place at three under.

Mason Minkel, who played as an individual recovered from a tough first round to shoot one under. Per Ekelund was six over for the tournament.

UWF will head to the Bobcat Invitational this upcoming Monday and Tuesday at the Golf Club at Cuscowilla in Eatonton, Ga.