The University of Memphis men's golf team finished up play in the American Athletic Conference Championship Tuesday, finishing seventh in the field of 10 teams.
The No. 47 Tigers shot 43 over par for the tournament and 18 over par in the final round.
No. 31 SMU took the victory shooting +6. Memphis finished behind two unranked teams in Louisville and Cincinnati. The Tigers were led by senior Will Pearson who finished the tournament at +4.
Memphis placed near the top of several tournaments earlier in the season but has stumbled in the weeks leading up to the conference tournament.
Memphis head coach Grant Robbins said he felt like they had a good enough team to contend in the conference championship, but the Tigers came up just short.
"We're just kinda in a slump right now," Robbins said. "It's completely mental at this point. We've had a couple of rough tournaments to finish the season. We're just pressing right now."
Since winning the Memphis Intercollegiate tournament on April 1, Memphis has finished 12th out of 15 teams at the Old Waverly Intercollegiate and 13th out of 14 at the Western Intercollegiate before the seventh place result in the conference tournament.
According to Robbins, the Tigers' veterans have fared well during the slump and it's mostly the younger players who have struggled. However, Robbins is looking at things in a positive light, saying that the late-season slump will serve as a learning experience for the Memphis freshmen.
While the Tigers didn't end the season how they would've liked, Robbins said they are still in position to receive an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament, but they won't know for sure until the field is selected on May 5 at 9 a.m. The selection show will be broadcast live by the Golf Channel. The NCAA Regionals begin May 15.
