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Paris Landing State Resort Park
MSU Takes Second at Paris Landing, Wolfe Also Second
10/13/2009 11:15:00 PM | Men's Golf
The field of 16 teams playing in the Skyhawk Classic managed to beat the impending rain Tuesday and finish the final round at Paris Landing State Resort Park in Paris, Tenn.
The Murray State Racers beat the rain too and every team in the field, except for champion Central Arkansas.
The Racers 54-hole 289-270-288=847 was eight shots off the 839 pace set by CAU.
Jared Wolfe paced the Racers with a second-place finish in the field of 89 players with rounds of 69-66-70-205, while Nick Newcomb had a fourth-place showing after scores of 73-66-70=209. Cameron Carrico rallied to a 10th place position with scores of 74-70-73=217, with MSU's Chris Griffin taking 14th with scores of 75-68-75=218. William Hunt was 45th with rounds of 73-75-78=226.
The MSU Gold team also had a good showing coming in with a fourth-place finish after scores of 289-290-292=871, only one shot behind third-place Tennessee Tech at 870.
Patrick Newcomb and Tyler Brown led the way with a share of 14th place. Newcomb had scores of 70-74-74=218, while Brown carded rounds of 76-70-72=218. Dustin Gosser and Hunter Ford shared 20th place. Gosser turned in rounds of 72-74-73=219, while Ford had 71-74-74=219. James Stevenson was 42nd after scores of 80-72-73=225.
The Racers have two events remaining on their 2009 fall schedule with a Monday-Tuesday date at the Austin Peay Intercollegiate. The event will be contested at the Links at Novadell GC in Hopkinsville, Ky.
MSU finishes the fall Nov. 1-3 in DeLane, Fla. at the Stetson University Invitational at Victoria Hills GC.
