Racers' Craft Wins Tot Walden State Farm Invitational Tournament

6/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Murray State men's golfer Michael Craft emerged victorious from a four-player playoff to win the Tot Walden State Farm Invitational championship on Sunday at Ballard County Country Club in La Center, Ky.

Craft, a native of Paducah, Ky., won the third playoff hole to claim the title. The Tilghman High School product fired rounds of 67 and 70 on the par-72 course to finish tied with Randy Cooper, Mike Shelbourne and Chris Gregory at 7-under-par through 36 holes of play.

Craft, who will enter his sophomore season this fall, finished his first collegiate season at MSU with a 17th-place finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on April 26-28 at the Country Club of Paducah. Overall, the Racers earned second place in the 11-team tournament just four shots behind first-place Jacksonville State.

The Racers are tentatively set to open the 2004 fall schedule on Sept. 13-14 at the Gulf Coast Classic in Bay St. Louis, Miss.