Racers Produce 4th Place Showing at Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate

Monday, October 2

Jonesboro, Ark.

Murray State

Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate

Racers Produce 4th Place Showing at Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate

10/3/2023 2:13:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results (PDF)

Playing their best event of the fall season, the Racers saw freshman Lennon Albans come home with a ninth place showing

The Murray State men's golf team came home with their best finish of the fall season of fourth place at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate at RidgePointe Country Club in Jonesboro, Ark.

A day after setting the program record 15-under-par 269 in the second round, the Racers posted a 290 to finish with a 845 total. The Racers outlasted the other two Missouri Valley Conference teams in the field including Belmont (851) and Evansville (880). Host Arkansas State was the winner at 817 with Memphis (830) and Jacksonville State (834) making up second and third.

The Racers' 19-under-par total is the third-best in program history dating back to 1993, in relation to par, following a 22-under-par 830 and a 20-under-par 832 both at the Racers' home course at Miller Memorial in 2005 and 2019. In events away from their home course, the Racers' 845 is the best for the team since 2006 when they carded an 836 at the Southern Showdown in Branson, Missouri.

Freshman Lennon Albans came home with a spot in ninth place on scores of 71-65-73=209 (-7), while Brady Haake placed 18^th on scores of 73-66-73=212 (-4).

The next event for the Racers (Oct 16-17) presents the beginning of a tradition at Murray State as the event that will honor Murray State Hall of Famer, Coach Buddy Hewitt takes place for the first time. The Buddy is a 54-hole event to be played at the course that Coach Hewitt helped make possible in the 1980s when Miller Memorial was built. Hewitt started the MSU men's golf program in 1961 and nurtured it for the next 41 seasons until 2002. Inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame in 1990, Hewitt was honored by the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 2001.

Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate
Oct. 2-3, 2023
RidgePointe Country Club - Jonesboro, Ark.
Final Scores

Team
Arkansas State 270 271 276 817 -47
Memphis 278 280 272 830 -34
Jacksonville State 280 273 281 834 -30
Murray State 286 269 290 845 -19
UT Martin 283 287 278 848 -16
Belmont 285 282 284 851 -13
New Orleans 284 280 291 855 -9
Oklahoma Christian 289 287 285 861 -3
Incarnate Word 295 286 283 864 E
Kansas City 291 285 288 864 E
Houston Christian 298 286 287 871 +7
Central Michigan 289 291 295 875 +11
Southeastern Louisiana 284 294 298 876 +12
Texas A&M - Commerce 295 286 297 878 +14
Evansville 308 288 284 880 +16
Nicholls 290 313 300 903 +39

4 Murray State 286 269 290 845
T9 Lennon Albans (5) 71 65 73 209
T18 Brady Haake (3) 73 66 73 212
T27 Trey Lewis (4) 74 67 73 214
T32 Kamaren Cunningham (2) 68 76 71 215
T61 Jay Nimmo (1) 75 71 76 222
T51 Tyler Powell (I) 74 72 73 219