April 21st, 2009
(Scores Below Story)
(Photo of Chris Hyten by Tim Clark)
ANNA, Texas – The Texas Lutheran men’s golf team finished in sixth place at the 2009 American Southwest Conference Men’s Golf Championship Tournament.
The Bulldogs were sixth entering Tuesday’s final round at Hurricane Creek Country Club in Anna, Texas. TLU’s final team score was a 945.
TLU closed the tournament with its best round of the championships, a 311. The Bulldogs carded team totals of 313 and 321 in rounds one and two on Monday.
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor repeated as the men’s team champion. The Crusaders finished with rounds of 304, 297 and 300 for a final team tally of 901. The Crusaders claimed the conference’s automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division III NCAA Championships.
The University of Texas at Tyler finished as the team runner-up with a 907. The Patriots took a one-shot lead into the final round after scoring 304 and 297 on Monday. The Patriots closed with a 307 on Tuesday.
Eric White of UMHB repeated as the conference’s individual champion. White fired rounds of 73, 69 and 76 for a 218 total. He edged teammate Davis Dewald and LeTourneau’s Joel Thelan by three shots.
TLU freshman Chris Hyten (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek) moved up the leaderboard with a final round 73. Hyten finished in a tie for 14th after rounds of 78, 79 and 73.
Cory Baker (La Vernia/La Vernia/Eastern New Mexico) and Andrew Long (Seguin/Seguin/Univ. of Houston) placed 27th and 29th, overall. Baker carded an 81 on Tuesday to go with his 77 and 80 on Monday. Long fired a 78 Tuesday after rounds of 81 and 80 Monday.
Erik Peterson (Kelso, Wash./Kelso) and Jacob Mock (Austin/Westlake) ended the tournament in 32nd and 38th, respectively. Peterson scored a 79 on Tuesday to go with his early-round scores of 77 and 87. Mock closed with an 84 after an 85 and 82 on day one.
The conference tournament marked the end of the 2009 for the Bulldogs.
American Southwest Conference Men’s Golf Championships
Dates: 04/20-04/21, 2009
Round: 3
FINAL RESULTS
Par-Yardage: 72-7027
Fin. School Scores
1 Mary Hardin-Baylor 304 297 300 901
1 Eric White 73 69 76 218
T 2 Davis Dewald 77 75 69 221
T 8 Johnathan Sustaita 77 73 78 228
T 25 Mike McQuaid 77 80 80 237
30 Garrison Nordt 83 80 77 240
2 Texas, U. @ Tyler 304 296 307 907
4 Brandon Ellis 82 69 73 224
T 6 Brian Jennings 73 75 79 227
T 16 Spencer Ellis 77 76 78 231
T 18 Matt Stephens 76 76 80 232
T 21 Patrick Palmer 78 79 77 234
3 McMurry University 302 301 307 910
T 6 Nick Mehigan 74 74 79 227
T 8 Larry Courtney 77 77 74 228
T 14 David Buchheit 75 78 77 230
T 16 Tyler Becker 76 78 77 231
T 18 Matt Qualls 78 72 82 232
4 LeTourneau Univ. 317 305 299 921
T 2 Joel Thelan 77 73 71 221
T 12 Spencer Rothluetber 80 77 72 229
T 21 Adam Harding 80 78 76 234
T 25 Ben Luckert 80 77 80 237
41 Ryan Scott 88 88 91 267
5 Texas, U. of-Dallas 317 303 311 931
5 Brian Vaughn 75 75 76 226
T 8 Jesse Forsong 80 73 75 228
T 21 Brent Marshall 77 75 82 234
36 Alex Campos 85 85 78 248
37 Patrick Nolin 86 80 84 250
6 Texas Lutheran Univ. 313 321 311 945
T 14 Chris Hyten 78 79 73 230
T 27 Cory Baker 77 80 81 238
29 Andrew Long 81 80 78 239
T 32 Erik Peterson 77 87 79 243
38 Jacob Mock 85 82 84 251
7 Mississippi College 313 322 311 946
T 8 Joel Richardson 74 75 79 228
24 Ben Mobley 77 83 75 235
T 27 Robert Glenn 81 79 78 238
T 34 Dustin Lunceford 81 85 79 245
T 39 Jess Dilley 81 88 83 252
8 Schreiner University 319 333 343 995
T 32 Jay Chapman 75 81 87 243
T 34 Jared Cornish 78 84 83 245
T 39 Kyle Grona 84 81 87 252
42 Brent Stanford 91 94 86 271
WD Will Ramon 82 87 WD
Individual Scores
Fin. Name School Scores
T 12 John Willie LA. Coll. 77 76 76 229
T 18 Kevin Hoppman Cncrd-TX 75 81 76 232
31 Taylor Gullatt LA. Coll. 79 80 82 241