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Racer Golf Wins Rain-Shortened MSU Invitational
10/6/2009 10:15:00 PM | Men's Golf
The final round of the 2009 Murray State Invitational was rained out Tuesday at Miller Memorial GC in Murray, Ky.
The field of 76 competitors began play at 8:30 a.m., but was chased to the clubhouse when heavy rain began falling at 10:30 a.m.
The course was deemed unplayable at 2:00 p.m. and the event was called.
The scores from the first 36-hole scores stood as final meaning the Murray State Blue Team defeated the MSU Gold team by three shots to win the championship.
MSU has won all six of their home events since the MSU Invitational began in 2004, and for the first time, MSU had the medalist too with Nick Newcomb taking the title by one shot over Steve Lecuyer of Central Arkansas.
"I hated that we couldn't get 54 holes in for this championship," MSU head coach Eddie Hunt said. "This is the first time we've had to cut it short because of weather, but our guys played good on the first day and so did Nick, it's the first time we've ever had the medalist."
On Monday's day of 36 holes, Newcomb carded rounds of 67-71=138, while Lecuyer had scores of 69-70=139. MSU's Cameron Carrico took third place after scores of 67-73=140, while James Stevenson from the MSU Gold team finished fourth after rounds of 69-72=141.
The Racer Blue team won the event with rounds of 281-288=569, while the MSU Gold team carded scores of 284-288=572.
Last year's runner up, Central Arkansas finished third, four shots back after rounds of 289-284=573, while Tennessee Tech and Union (Tenn.) University shared fourth place at 581.
Other scores from the MSU Blue team included Patrick Newcomb in 13th place after rounds of 74-70=144, with Jared Wolfe in 31st with scores of 73-74=147. William Hunt was in 52nd place after scores of 77-75=152.
Other scores from the MSU Gold team found Tyler Brown in ninth place with rounds of 72-71=143, while Chris Griffin and Dustin Gosser finished 13th.. Griffin had scores of 71-73=144, while Gosser had scores of 72-72=144. Hunter Ford had a 34th place finish after rounds of 74-74=148.
The Miller Memorial course played 6,601 yards to a par of 71.
Belmont took sixth place at 583, while SIU Edwardsville (585), UT Martin Blue (591), Southern Illinois (592), and Lipscomb (593) rounded out the top-10.
Lewis had 11th place at 595, while Morehead State (597), UT Martin Orange (602), and Bethel (Tenn.) College (640) made up the rest of the field.
The Racers' next event is the UT Martin Skyhawk Classic Monday and Tuesday at Paris Landing State Resort Park in Paris, Tenn.
