The No. 5 ranked Georgia men’s golf team took home the championship in the three-day Puerto Rico Classic.

The Bulldogs braved temperatures in the high 80s, but even hotter were the Clemson Tigers, who made up 10 strokes in Tuesday’s final round, falling one short of the Bulldogs’ three-day team score of 14-under-par.

Representing Georgia in competition were seniors Chris Kirk and Brendon Todd, sophomores Brian Harman and Adam Mitchell, and freshman Hudson Swafford.

Todd opened the tournament with matching scores of 68 on Sunday and Monday, and had the lead as he played the 16th hole on Tuesday but faltered down the stretch, double-bogeying holes 17 and 18. He finished 5-under-par to fall into a three-way tie for 5th place.

Swafford also found himself in the group at five under. The freshman was one of only two of the 90 golfers in the tournament to finish under par in all three rounds.

Swafford and Todd ended up two strokes behind co-champions Robert Castro (Georgia Tech) and Joseph Bramlett (Stanford).

After the first day of competition on Sunday, the men’s team shot nine under par but trailed East Tennessee State by five strokes. The Bulldogs made up that deficit and more, shooting 11-under-par on day two to lead by four strokes over Stanford.

The scoring in Tuesday’s final round was inflated across the board, with the par-72 River Course at the Rio Mar Golf & Country Club playing an average of 75.01 strokes per round. The Bulldogs were not immune, as four of the five golfers shot over par.

The Puerto Rico Classic boasted a field of 12 Division I teams, including three from the SEC: Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Alabama finished fourth at 9-under-par, and Florida finished eighth at even par.

Georgia will return to action on March 9 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship in Las Vegas.