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MSU Men's Golf Wins Sea Trail Intercollegiate - Ford Second
9/21/2008 5:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Murray State Men's Golf team brought home the championship of the Sea Trail Intercollegiate Sunday, and sophomore Hunter Ford turned in a second place finish in the individual competition.
The only question left to decide in the final round was not if the Racers would win, but by how much?
The Racers rolled to their first victory of the 2008-09 season with a 10 shot romp and they did it with a final round 290 after shooting a 295 and a 283 on Friday and Saturday. MSU's 54-hole 868 was enough to get the championship over
The win was MSU's 11th in the last four seasons and their 13th straight finish of fifth place or better.
MSU's top finisher was Hunter Ford, who led the event through 36 holes and even though he was denied his first collegiate victory, he did record his best finish. Ford fired a final round 73 to go along with the 71 and 70 he shot in the first two rounds for 214, which was two shots behind winner Steve Dressell of
MSU's Nick Newcomb and Cameron Carrico each finished in sixth place. Newcomb had scores of 74-71-71=216, while Carrico carded scores of 74-69-73=216.
Chris Griffin finished 36th with scores of 78-73-73=224, while Jared Wolfe (Who finished second in MSU's first event this fall) finished 63rd with scores of 76-80-74=230.
Mitchell Moore played the event for MSU as an individual and finished 11th with rounds of 70-75-72=217.
The Racers return home to host the MSU Invitational at Miller Memorial GC Sep. 29-30.
