PALM HARBOR, Fla. – The run of dominance from the USF men’s golf program continued on Tuesday, as the No. 21 Bulls captured the program’s fourth consecutive American Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship, presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater. USF’s 5-under par team score put the Bulls at 10-under for the championship and equaling the largest margin of victory in the tournament’s five years.
 
After finishing as a runner-up twice in his senior season, USF’s Claudio Correa negotiated the par-71, 7,125-yard layout on the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Fla., at 2-under 69 on Tuesday, playing the “Snake Pit” at even par to close the championship. Correa’s total of 6-under 207 (71-67-69 – 207) gave him a three-shot margin of victory over three players – teammates Cristian DiMarco (71-69-69 – 210) and Jimmy Jones (71-70-69 – 210) and Cincinnati’s Davis Baxter (70-70-70 – 210).
 
Correa became the third Bull to earn medalist honors this season, joining DiMarco and Priyanshu Singh. The championship title was the fifth of the year for the Bulls, matching the 2014-15 program’s record.
 
SMU took runner-up honors, the program’s best finish at The American Men’s Golf Championship since winning the title in 2014. The Mustangs were led by senior Gray Townsend (72-70-71 – 213) and freshman Mac Meissner (71-72-70 – 213), both of whom tied for fifth at even par.
 
Playing in the final pairing, the Mustangs blistered the front nine, posting a team score of 8-under par before settling at 4-under for the round. Still, the team score of 280 was the second-lowest of the day and third-best of the entire championship, bested only by USF’s two rounds at 279.
 
UCF and Memphis both used under-par rounds to help the Knights and Tigers take third and fourth, respectively. Donnie Trosper’s 69 paced UCF on the day, and he was joined by teammate Manuel Elvira (70) as Knights under par. Elvira’s 1-over championship (72-72-70 – 214) left him in seventh place on the leaderboard.
 
Rodi Vlasveld (68) posted the second-best round of the championship to help Memphis jump three spots in the team standings. Vlasveld was joined by Brad Bawden (70) and Nick Giles (70) under par, while freshman Borja Martin (71-71-74 – 216) was the Tigers’ top individual finisher.
 
Led by Baxter, Cincinnati took fifth, two shots in back of Memphis. Baxter’s third straight 1-under round made him the only player in the championship with three rounds in red numbers. The senior was joined in the top 15 by Austin Squires, whose closing round at even-par 71 helped him into a tie for 13^th.
 
Houston continued its climb up the leaderboard, jumping two places into sixth place, two shots behind Cincinnati. Michael Perras, last year’s individual champion at the conference tournament, fired a second consecutive 70 to finish his championship at 2-over par and in a tie for eighth.
 
An even-par 71 from Patrick Stephenson helped the left-hander into a tie for 11^th at 3-over on his championship as ECU finished seventh among teams. Tim Conover was one of 16 players to post an under-par round on Tuesday, posting a 1-under 70.
 
Temple matched its best finish at the conference championship as the Owls took eighth. Back-to-back rounds of 71 helped Trey Wren tie for 15^th.
 
UConn posted its best score of the championship on the final day, as both Jimmy Hervol (70) and Nick Harrington (70) went under-par as the Huskies shot 287 as a team. Hervol’s finished in a tie for eighth overall after coming in at 2-over par (73-72-70 – 215).
 
In its first year as American members, Wichita State rounded out the field. The Shockers were paced by Gage Ihrig, who tied for 15^th at 5-over par (73-72-73 – 218).
 
USF will be among the 81 teams in the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship, with the complete field of teams and 45 individuals to be announced at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 2, on Golf Channel.