FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Flagler College men's golf team finished in a tie for third place with a 9-under par 843 (277-281-285) at the Shark Invitational, which finished today at the Grande Oaks Golf Club (par 71; 6,750 yards).  

Flagler closes out the regular season with the Argonaut Invitational, March 30-31, at Pensacola, Florida.

Matthew French and PJ Herron were part of a three-way tie for third place with a 5-under 208. For both, it was their first top-five finish of their careers. French jumped 11 spots on the leaderboard thanks to a 2-under 69 in the final round to give him a career-low 208. He birdied two holes and parred the rest. Herron shot a 2-over 73 in today's final round. He finished with three birdies and 10 pars in the final round.  

No. 4 (SCOREBOARD by clippd ranking) Florida Southern College started the day 15 strokes back and shot a 7-under 277 to finish atop the 15-team field with a 21-under 831 (278-276-277). No. 15 Nova Southeastern University, the host school, turned in a 12-over 296 in today's final round and finished second with a 17-under 835 (273-266-296).

Colton Swartz of Florida Southern took home medalist honors as he led the 84-man field with an 11-under 202 (66-67-69). Bruno Marques of Nova Southeastern finished in second place with a 6-under 207 (71-65-71).

Nic Eberhard and Masen McKain finished in a tie for 26^th place with a 2-over 215. Rocco Randazzo shot a 16-over 229.   
 
Shark Invitational (Final Round)
Mar. 23-24, 2026
Grande Oaks GC – Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Par: 71 | 6,750 yards


Team scores
1) Florida Southern 278-276-277=831 (-21)
2) Nova Southeastern 273-266-296=835 (-17)
t3) Barry 284-278-281=843 (-9)
t3) Flagler 277-281-285=843 (-9)
5) Saint Leo 285-281-279=845 (-7)
6) Rollins 284-278-290=852 (E)
7) Valdosta State 287-286-287=860 (+8)
8) Eastern Florida State 284-288-291=863 (+11)
t9) Palm Beach Atlantic 291-283-295=869 (+17)
t9) Tampa 285-289-295=869 (+17)
11) Lynn 283-287-303=873 (+21)
12) Eckerd 286-293-297=876 (+24)
13) Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 288-292-297=877 (+25)
14) Mississippi College 292-290-299=881 (+29)
15) Wilmington (Del.) 299-294-303=896 (+44)


Top 10 individuals
1) Colton Swartz (FSC) 66-67-69=202 (-11)
2) Bruno Marques (NSU) 71-65-71=207 (-6)
t3) Max Barile (FSC) 70-68-70=208 (-5)
t3) Matthew French (FLG) 71-68-69=208 (-5)
t3) PJ Herron (FLG) 67-68-73=208 (-5)
t6) William Carestam (VSU) 68-72-69=209 (-4)
t6) Clarence Chapman (RC) 68-70-71=209 (-4)
t6) Anthony Amoroso III (BU) 72-66-71=209 (-4)
t6) Ivan Ponsdomenech (NSU) 70-68-71=209 (-4)
t10) Giorgio Celani (BU) 70-71-69=210 (-3)
t10) Rodrigo Huerta (NSU) 67-66-77=210 (-3)
t10) Anthony Monteleone (FSC) 72-70-68=210 (-3)


Flagler scorers:
t3) Matthew French 71-68-69=208 (-5)
t3) PJ Herron 67-68-73=208 (-5)
t26) Nic Eberhard 69-72-74=215 (+2)
t26) Masen McKain 70-73-72=215 (+2)
t77) Rocco Randazzo 80-78-71=229 (+16)

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