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Murray State Spring Invitational
Price and Racers Finish Third At MSU Spring Invitational
4/8/2008 5:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Murray State Men's Golf team let a final round lead slip away in the MSU Spring Invitational in
The Racers 299 wasn't enough to protect their one shot lead, as Lipscomb took the championship with a 293. The Racers slipped to third place with a total of 867, three shots behind Lipscomb's 864. Tennessee Tech finished second at 865. UT-Martin was fourth at 868, while
MSU's Jerry Price finished third in the medalist race with scores of 69-68-76=213, while Cameron Carrico's scores of 73-71-71=215 made a spot in sixth place in the field of 58 student-athletes. Nick Newcomb placed 10th with rounds of 68-72-76=216, Mitchell Moore placed 27th after scores of 75-72-76=223, and Jared Wolfe finished 31st with rounds of 75-72-77=224.
MSU's Hunter Ford played as an individual and scored his best collegiate finish with a sixth place showing after rounds of 68-74-73=215. Chris Griffin finished 22nd after rounds of 72-74-75=221.
The all-tournament team consisted of winner Scott O'Brien of Belmont who finished with a 211, Cole Floyd of UT-Martin in second place after a 212, MSU's Jerry Price in solo third at 213, and a pair of players tied for fourth place: Barrett Steakley of Tennessee Tech and Clint Suggs of Lipscomb, each finished at 214.
The final round was played in very windy conditions and the wind showed up in the scoring. The scoring average went from 74.17 for the first two rounds to 74.82 for the final 18.
The Greystone Golf Club played to a par-72 and 6,858 yards.
The Racers play April 13-14 at the Bluegrass Invitational hosted by
