The University of Minnesota men’s golf team finished fifth (out of fifteen teams) at the PING/Golfweek Preview, held last weekend at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Junior All-American Victor Almstrom fired a final round 69 tying for second at 5-under 211. The second-place finish was a career best for the Swedish native.

Here are the Gopher individual scores:

• T2, Victor Almstrom, 70-72-69-211 (-5)
• T16, Clayton Rask, 76-72-72-220 (+4)
• T41, Andy Paulson, 73-76-77-226 (+10)
• T41, Ben Pisani, 76-71-79-226 (+10)
• 73, Justin Kaplan, 79-85-78-242 (+26)

And the top five team scores:

• 1, Charlotte, 288-288-291-867 (+3)
• 2, Oklahoma State, 294-279-298-871 (+7)
• 3, Southern California, 293-293-287-873 (+9)
• 4, Alabama, 301-290-290-881 (+17)
• 5, Minnesota, 295-291-296-882 (+18)

The next Gopher men’s golf event is the Windon Memorial Classic, to be held October 7-8 in Glencoe, Illinois.