Murray State University Athletics
Racer Golf Welcomes Strong Field To MSU Invitational
10/2/2009 7:15:00 PM | Men's Golf
When the Murray State men's golf team plays host at the MSU Invitational Monday, they will be trying to keep one streak alive and stop another.
Since the event started in 2004, the Racers have won every team title, but have never had an individual champion.
"When you host a tournament on your home course, you expect to be in the running for the team title, and for the individual title too," MSU Head Coach Eddie Hunt said. "There's a good reason we haven't won an individual title, there have been some outstanding players come to our tournament and this year is no exception."
The Racers welcome four Ohio Valley Conference schools to the event including, UT Martin, Tennessee Tech, Morehead State, and SIU Edwardsville, with Southern Illinois, Central Arkansas, Belmont, Lipscomb, Bethel, Lewis and Union (Tenn.) rounding out the field.
SIU Edwardsville's Neal McCarty returns to defend his 2008 title.
Now a senior, McCarty fired a six-under 65 in the final round to shoot 201 to edge out Murray State's Cameron Carrico and Chris Griffin.
The Racers won their fifth straight MSU Invitational in 2008 with a 10-shot margin over runner-up Central Arkansas who returns next week.
"Our run in this tournament has been something," Added Hunt, who is in his ninth season as the Racers' head coach. "But we have a good field of teams every year and I know the competition will be good this year, so we have to go out and perform well."
The Racers just returned from an event in North Carolina, where they brought home a sixth place finish and got a good showing out of senior Chris Griffin, who earned OVC Golfer of the Week this week.
MSU will have two teams playing in the tournament.
The MSU Blue team includes Cameron Carrico, William Hunt, Nick Newcomb, Patrick Newcomb and Jared Wolfe. The Gold team consists of Tyler Brown, Hunter Ford, Dustin Gosser, Chris Griffin and James Stevenson.
The MSU Invitational is played at the home of Racer Golf, Miller Memorial GC and calls for 36-holes of stroke play Monday with the final 18 holes to come Tuesday. The shotgun start begins at 8 a.m. on Monday and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The event is free and all fans are invited to come out and see some of the best collegiate golfers in the nation compete.
MSU INVITATIONAL HISTORY
Team Results
Year
Winner
Score
Runnerup
Score
2008
Murray State
835
Central Arkansas
845
2007
Murray State
870
Tennessee Tech
875
2006
Murray State
858
Tennessee Tech
864
2005
Murray State
832
Western Illinois
838
2004
Murray State
857
Morehead State
867
Individual Results Kyle Shirley
Year
Winner
Score
Top MSU Finisher
Score
Place
2008
Neal McCarty, SIUE
201
Cameron Carrico
207
2nd
Chris Griffin
207
2nd
2007
Josh Butterfield, Lewis
215
Nick Newcomb
216
3rd
Cole Floyd, UT Martin
215
2006
Scott Stallings, TTU
209
Mitchell Moore
216
4th
Phillip Watkins, TSU
209
2005
Scott Stallings, TTU
197
Kyle Shirley
212
3rd
2004
Kyle Hosick, SIU
208
Michael Craft212
3rd
