DUNCAN – The Cameron men's golf team battled windy conditions and a tough course on Tuesday as they wrapped up their home tournament, The Hrnciar, with an 897 54-hole score.
The CU men entered the final round of the annual tournament at the Territory Golf Course tied for third place with Midwestern State and just a few strokes back of the top-2 teams Midwestern State and Oklahoma Christian.
In the final round, the Aggies carded a 305, their highest score of the event by seven strokes while battling the less than ideal winds. Their 897 ended up being 21 back of the tournament winner Eagles. OC had the lone under-300 score of Tuesday's round to give them their fifth straight win at Cameron's home event.
Freshman
Hamish Murray recorded his best finish of his young Cameron career, carding a 75 in the final round to place third with a three-round score of 219. The Aussie was on pace to post an under-par round (one-under on 14), but bogeyed the final four holes, which proved to be rough for all participants on Tuesday.
Tyler Kaman also had a 75 in the final round, totaling 229 to finish just outside of the top-20 players individually. He was just two strokes back of first-year Aggie
Trevor Mierl, who carded a 78 on Tuesday, as did
Joey Kirk, who placed 17th with a 226.
Devin Whipple rounded out the lineup with a countable 77 in the final 18, giving him a 232 for the event.
Preston Holmes was the top individual participant in the field, shooting 224 after adding a score of 74 in the final round. He finished in a tie for 13th place, while
Hunter Drotts had the best score by any CU player on Tuesday (73) to finish with a 231 and a tie for 26th. Donovon Osborne added an 80 to his total score, which ended up being a 238 at the Territory.
Statistically, Drotts had one of the top par-5 scores, shooting five-under for the tournament thanks to his eagle he made on hole two on Tuesday. Murray was second in the field with 12 birdies, while Holmes was second with 38 made pars.
Oklahoma Christian won the tournament by 13 strokes, besting runner-up Texas A&M-Commerce. MSU finished just two ahead of the Aggies in third, while DBU was eight back of Cameron to round out the top-5 teams.
The Lions Tripp Wallace led the whole way individually to win the medalist honor with a two-under 214. OC's Matero Pulcini finished three back in second with CU's Murray five back of Wallace in third.
Cameron's fourth tournament of the fall marks the beginning of the winter offseason before they return to the action in February to prep for the Lone Star Conference Championships in April. The full 2022 spring schedule will be released later this year.
