Kamaren Cunningham Leads Racers At UNCG Event

Sunday, February 13

Palm City, Fla.

Murray State

UNC Greensboro

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

2/15/2022 4:36:00 PM | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Final Results (PDF)

The Racers are opened the spring season at Hammock Creek Golf Club in Palm City, Fla.

Murray State men's golfer Kamaren Cunningham led the Racers with an 18^th place finish at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate at Hammock Creek Golf Club in Palm City, Florida.

Cunningham carded a career-low 6-under-par 66 in the first round Sunday. He finished the event with a score line of 66-79-74=219 to place 18^th in the field of 88 competitors.

Other MSU scores and finishes included Trey Lewis with scores of 79-73-81=233 for a spot in 75^th place and Connor Coombs in 88^th place after rounds of 81-72-82=235. Walker Beck placed 96^th on rounds of 79-79-79=237 and Quinn Eaton placed 112^th on scores of 78-84-82=244. Tyler Powell played the event for the Racers as an individual and placed 100^th after scores of 76-87-75=238.

The Racers placed 18^th on scores of 302-303-316=921, ahead of Ohio (922), Iona (922) and Florida A&M (931). Host UNCG was the winner with a total of 870 and a three-shot win over Creighton (873), with George Mason (880), UConn (881 and Mercer (885) making up the top-5.

The medalist champion was George Mason's J.P. Miller with a score of 208.

The Advance Golf Partners Collegiate was played at Hammock Creek, a Jack Nicklaus Legacy Design course that opened in 1996.

The next challenge for the Racers in the 2022 spring season is a Popeye's Battle of the Border match up with Austin Peay. The single day match play event puts the Racers and Govs head to head at Hopkinsville Country Club (Feb. 26) in Hopkinsville, Ky.

Advance Golf Partners Collegiate
Hammock Creek Golf Club – Palm City, Fla.
Feb. 15, 2022
Par-72 - 7,169 yards
Final Scores
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Team
UNCG 288 292 290 870 +6
Creighton 284 296 293 873 +9
George Mason 298 291 291 880 +16
Connecticut 289 298 294 881 +17
Mercer 284 303 298 885 +21
Western Carolina 284 303 300 887 +23
Drexel 288 305 294 887 +23
Old Dominion 297 295 297 889 +25
Valparaiso Univ. 287 306 296 889 +25
Campbell 290 309 298 897 +33
Bellarmine 297 298 304 899 +35
Wofford College 285 304 312 901 +37
Butler 303 301 301 905 +41
Winthrop 295 304 309 908 +44
Samford 296 308 308 912 +48
South Dakota 294 302 316 912 +48
USC Upstate 299 314 301 914 +50
Murray State 302 303 316 921 +57
Ohio 301 314 307 922 +58
Iona College 306 308 308 922 +58
Florida A&M 296 317 318 931 +67

18 Murray State +57 302 303 316 921
T18 Kamaren Cunningham +3 66 79 74 219
T75 Trey Lewis +17 79 73 81 233
T88 Connor Coombs +19 81 72 82 235
T96 Walker Beck +21 79 79 79 237
T112 Quinn Eaton +28 78 84 82 244
100^th Tyler Powell +22 76 87 75 238

About Murray State Athletics
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022.