Golfers Finish Up In Texas

Golfers Finish Up In Texas

3/20/2006

Curran Posts Top 20 Finish In Texas

HUMBLE, Texas — The Vanderbilt men’s golf team finished 16th at the three-day Hall of Fame Invitational on the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club. Freshman Jon Curran posted a Top 20 finish, ending the tournament in a tie for 17th place at nine over.

Freshman Tyler Matthews came in at 14 over, placing in a tie for 41st place. Also scoring for the Commodores on Sunday were juniors Luke List and Dos Goldsmith who ended tournament at 24-over and 26-over, respectively.

Oklahoma State shot a three-round total 16-over-par 880 to win. Anthony Kim of Oklahoma posted a three-round total of eight-under 208, closing with even-par 72 to claim the individual title by eight shots. He was the only golfer to break par for the weekend.

The Cowboys won the team championship by 10 strokes – a tournament-record margin of victory – over Texas A&M. Four Oklahoma State golfers finished in the top 10. Jonathan Moore finished second at even par, Pablo Martin was two-over to finish fourth while Chris Clarke – who was competing as an individual – and Trent Leon finished tied for eighth at six-over.

Texas A&M fired the low round of the tournament – one-over 289 to vault up three spots to second with a three-round 26-over 890. Two other Big 12 schools – Oklahoma and Texas – tied for third at 35-over. East Tennessee State (+37) slid to fifth. Arizona and Purdue tied for sixth at 40-over while Georgia and TCU tied for eighth at +44. Clemson (+45) came finished 10th and was followed by South Carolina-Aiken (+46) and New Mexico (+59). Arkansas and Duke tied at 65-over with Wake Forest (+66), Vanderbilt (+70) and Guilford (+82) completing the standings.

Kim’s eight-stroke victory was the most in the three-year history of the event. Moore was followed by Texas A&M’s Robert Gates (+1) – who posted the low score of the day with 67, Martin and Jhonatton Vegas of Texas (+3). There was a tie at sixth between East Tennessee State’s Rhys Davies and Bronson Burgoon of Texas A&M at four-over. Jon McLean of TCU tied with Clarke and Leon for eighth.

Vanderbilt continues the 2006 season on Sunday, March 26, in Awendaw, S.C., competing in the Hootie at Bull’s Bay.

2006 Hall of Fame Invitational
Second Round Results
Sunday, March 19, 2006

Vanderbilt Results
T17   Jon Curran  +9 F  76  73  76  225 
T41   Tyler Matthews  +14 F  79  75  76  230 
T80   Luke List  +24 F  78  80  82  240 
T85   Dos Goldsmith  +26 F  81  85  76  242 
91   Brett Lange  +34 F  85  82  83  250 

Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State 294-292-294=880 (+16)
2. Texas A&M 308-293-289=890 (+26)
T3. Oklahoma 300-299-300=899 (+35)
T3. Texas 293-300-306=899 (+35)
5. East Tennessee State 295-298-308=901 (+37)
T6. Arizona 308-304-292=904 (+40)
T6. Purdue 303-300-301=904 (+40)
T8. Georgia 308-301-299=908 (+44)
T8. TCU 308-307-293=908 (+44)
10. Clemson 305-303-301=909 (+45)
11. South Carolina-Aiken 303-307-300=910 (+46)
12. New Mexico 309-309-305=923 (+59)
T13. Arkansas 309-313-307=929 (+65)
T13. Duke 316-305-308=929 (+65)
15. Wake Forest 316-312-302=930 (+66)
16. Vanderbilt 314-310-310=310 (+70)
17. Guilford 322-311-313=946 (+82)

Top 10 Individuals
1. Anthony Kim, Oklahoma 67-69-72=208 (-8)
2. Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State 74-70-72=216 (E)
3. Robert Gates, Texas A&M 74-76-67=217 (+1)
4. Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 72-73-73=218 (+2)
5. Jhonatton Vegas, Texas 71-73-75=219 (+3)
T6. Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M 73-72-75=220 (+4)
T6. Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State 72-76-72=220 (+4)
T8. Chris Clarke, Oklahoma State 74-76-72=222 (+6)
T8. Trent Leon, Oklahoma State 73-74-75=222 (+6)
T8. Jon McLean, TCU 79-73-70=222 (+6)