DUNCAN, Okla.-- The Cameron University men's golf team battled emotions and the wind to finish in a tie for fourth shooting a 301 today at the Territory Classic in Duncan moving up three spots from their seventh place finish on Monday afternoon.
Their play on Tuesday afternoon was a four stroke improvement in gusty south winds that affected all the competing teams.
"We got started really well today, and kept it under par for a while," said Head Coach Jerry Hrnciar. "The weather conditions made it very difficult to hang on to anything. It was just a matter of keeping it in play and we did a good job of that most of the day and came really close to winning."
After a slow start on day one the team wanted to see day two end in better Aggie fashion.
"They felt bad about how they played yesterday and they weren't happy," said Hrnciar. "They wanted to do what they could to atone for starting slow and they did a good job today, because today was trying. All the teams struggled today, but I was very pleased with our effort."
CU was led by Corey Bounds who shot a tournament score of 150 (74,76) and finished tied for ninth. Cullen Stahl and Bradley Ferrell finished with a 151 (Stahl 78,73 and Ferrell 75,76) and tied for 15th. Kregg Wood finished at 156 (78,78) tied for 36th and Trey Lawson shot a 159 (83,76) tied for 44th.
For the JV team, Austin Weaver had the lowest score with a 150 (76,74) and tied for ninth overall. Weston Ward shot a 155 (74,81) tied for 32nd, Michael Kelly shot a 158 (83,75) tied for 41st, Felipe Anzarut finished tied for 57th at 164 (76,88), and Jacob Caldwell finished tied for 63rd at 168 (85,83). Competing individually, K.C. Colvin shot a 164, John Ruzich shot a 166, Ryan Mahaffey shot a 172, and Jamie Gray shot a 181.
The Cameron JV team placed ninth in the tournament at an overall 622 (309,313).
Apart from the regular tournament, the Cameron JV team won the par 3 contest and both the Cameron teams won the putting competition.
Incarnate Word won the tournament at 603, Abilene Christian finished second at 604, Midwestern State was third with a 605, Texas A&M-Commerce place sixth at 607, and West Texas A&M finished 11th with a 633. The overall individual leader was Patrick Russo form Texas A&M-Commerce who shot a 145 (71,74).
The Aggies' next event is the Ryan Palmer Invitational, Oct. 8-9 in Amarillo, Texas.
