Final Round of the Gulf Coast Collegiate Rained Out

Monday, March 1

Diamondhead, Miss.

Murray State

Nicholls State

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

3/2/2021 7:30:00 PM | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Final Results (PDF)

A rainy morning and afternoon kept the Murray State men's golf team from playing their final round at the Gulf Coast Collegiate at the Diamondhead Country Club in Diamondhead, Mississippi.

That means the final scores revert back to where the teams were at the start of the day, through 36 holes. MSU's Avery Edwards had scores of 70-79=149 for an 11^th place finish, while teammate Connor Coombs was in 32^nd place on scores of 74=81=155. Austin Knight placed 42^nd after rounds of 77-80=157 and Walker Beck had scores of 82-90=172 and finished 63^rd place. Quinn Eaton carded a 76 in the first round, but injury forced him out in the second round. Eaton came back in the third round to card a 76.

Playing Diamondhead's Pine Course, the Racers placed sixth place on scores of 297-330=627 for a spot in 10^th place in the field of 12 teams

Next up for the Racers is the Benbow Collegiate in Jacksonville, Fla. (March 8-10).

Gulf Coast Collegiate
Course: Diamondhead Country Club – Pine course
Par -72 - 6,769 yards
Diamondhead, Miss. (March 1-2, 2021)
Final Scores

Team
Southeastern Louisiana 293 296 589 +13
UT Martin 282 307 589 +13
Morehead State 291 305 596 +20
New Orleans 297 300 597 +21
Central Arkansas 294 306 600 +24
Samford 292 316 608 +32
Stephen F. Austin 299 311 610 +34
Omaha 303 312 615 +39
Prairie View A&M 307 309 616 +40
Murray State 297 330 627 +51
Western Illinois 317 315 632 +56
Nicholls State 312 324 636 +60

Individual
10 Murray State 297 330 627
T11 Avery Edwards (1) 70 79 149
T32 Connor Coombs (3) 74 81 155
T42 Austin Knight (4) 77 80 157
63 Walker Beck (5) 82 90 172
67 Quinn Eaton (2) 76 WD 76

About Murray State Men's Golf
The Racers' program is in its 64th season overall and head coach Eddie Hunt is in his 20^th as the second coach in program history. Hunt took over the program in 2001. The founder of the Racer team was Coach Buddy Hewitt in 1959. Hewitt is a Murray State Hall of Famer, inducted in 1990. He was part of the famous Murray State football team that played in the 1948 Tangerine Bowl. The Racers have won Ohio Valley Conference championships four times (1971, 1987, 1991 and 2010). Hewitt won the first three titles and Hunt's team won it in 2010 as their most recent OVC championship. MSU has produced 11 all-time OVC Golfer of the Year winners: Bill Graham (1962, 1963), Ron Acree (1965), Chris Piggot (1971), Chris Carlson (1987),
Adam Grogan (1996), Brandon Henson (2001), Nick Newcomb (2010), Cameron Carrico (2011) and Patrick Newcomb (2012, 2013).