Murray State University Athletics
Racer Golf In Title Hunt at Murray State Invitational
10/2/2006 5:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Warm, breezy and dry conditions Monday morning greeted 12 visiting schools to the Murray State Invitational at the home of Racers Golf, Miller Memorial. The Racers annual event called for 36 holes to be played the first day.
The Racers are right in the thick of the title battle after rebounding from a poor morning round with a 286 in the afternoon round. The Racers were slow out of the gate in round one with a team total 291, a first round that featured no MSU player under par.
MSU's two-round total of 577 puts them in second place only one shot behind leader Tennessee Tech with a score of 576.
The MSU Invitational is being played at Miller Memorial Golf Course. The field of 82 is competing on a front nine that features only one par-5, the 8th hole and par of 35, the Miller back nine plays to a par 36. The course is playing 6,592 yards.
The Racers blue team is being led by the solid play of senior Nick Griffin who is in third place individually after round of 71-70=141. Mitchell Moore turned in the Racers best score of the day in the second round when he fired a two-under 69 after a morning 74 he has a total of 143 and stands in 8th place. Jerry Price is in 19th after back to back rounds of 73. Michael Craft had rounds of 73-74=147 and sits in 25th position with Chris Griffin in 65th place after rounds of 77-78=155.
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Kyle Landrum had a pair of 72's and stands in 10th place and has played the par four holes at Miller Memorial only one stroke over par. Mark Brant and Josh Burks are in 32nd place. Brant had rounds of 74-75=149, while Josh Burks had rounds of 77-72=149.
MSU's Jared Wolfe turned in rounds of 76-81=157 and is in 72nd place.
The individual title at the MSU Invitational has a decided Ohio Valley Conference feel with
Tournament notes:
UT-Martin's Sam Hinson turned in a rare scorecard in round one when he had the same per-hole scores on the front nine and the back nine. Hinson's scorecard read 4-3-4-5-4-4-4-5-3 on both nine's. His score was 36-36=72.
There was only one eagle in round one, that coming from
Watkins and Bradley's Scott Phegley led the field in round one with five birdies each.
They also are tied for the lead after 36 holes with eight birdies. Armando Favela of Loyola-Chicago, Chris Clemens of
Miller Memorial proved again that what it lacks in length, it makes up with some narrow tree lined fairways on the front and subtle sloping greens. The average round through 36 holes is 75.02. The toughest hole was the par-4 first hole where players must decide to either try to bomb a drive over a ditch that cuts across the fairway about 260 yards from the green. The hole yielded only eight birdies in 164 tries and played to an average of 4.46. There were 62 bogeys, the most of any hole at Miller today.
