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USF/Dick Wittcoff Invitational
Golden Eagles Finish 14th at USF Invitational
2/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Feb. 23, 2003
TAMPA, Fla. - Marquette's top golfers found the 72 holes at the Dick Wittcoff/USF Invitational difficult. Marquette finished 14th out of 15 teams and the top MU golfer was in 49th place.
Marquette shot a final round 329, the highest of any team in the tournament on any of the three rounds, to finish the 54 hole event at 111-over, 963. Jason Gaare was the team's highest finisher at 27-over, 240. He was the only Marquette golfer to shoot under 80 in the final round.
Even the leaders found the course and conditions difficult. Jacksonville State won the tournament at 50-over, 902. UCF was three shots behind. South Florida finished third, five strokes off the lead.
South Alabama's Gareth Maybin and Francis Marion's Fredrik Ohlsson tied for the lead after regulation, both shooting five-over, 218. Maybin claimed the medalist honors defeating Ohlsson in the playoff.
Freshman Kyle Murphy was second on the MU scorecard for the 54 holes. He shot a 241 (+28) to tie for 54th place. Sophomore Nathan Colson had two above 80 rounds for the first time in his career. He shot a 34-over, 247, to tie for 62nd. Senior Matt Hilton and freshman Steve Sass tied for 65th, shooting a 34-over, 247. Sass shot a 79 in the first round, but Hilton couldn't escape the 80s all weekend.
The Marquette golfers have a month to prepare for their next event. They play in the Kauai Collegiate Cup in Kauai, Hawaii, from on March 21-22.
Dick Wittcoff/USF Invitational USF Golf Course; Tampa, Fla. February 21-23, 2003 6,830-yard par 71TEAM STANDINGS
1. Jacksonville State 292-306-304 902 +50 2. UCF 304-302-299 905 +53 3. South Florida 302-308-297 907 +55 4. South Alabama 287-313-311 911 +59 5. Florida Southern 310-302-310 922 +70 6. Arkansas State 296-321-307 924 +72 Francis Marion 309-312-303 924 Austin Peay State 300-314-310 924 9. Middle Tennessee State 316-313-301 930 +78 10. Memphis 312-309-310 931 +79 11. Florida Atlantic 304-306-324 934 +82 12. Columbus State 316-312-310 938 +86 13. Chattanooga 317-308-314 939 +87 14. Marquette 312-322-329 963 +111 15. DePaul 322-332-324 978 +126
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1. Gareth Maybin, South Alabama 70-76-72 218 +5 Playoff Winner 2. Fredrik Ohlsson, Francis Marion 71-71-76 218 +5 3. Patrick Williams, Middle Tenn. State 74-76-69 219 +6 4. Matt Anderson, Florida Atlantic 69-76-76 221 +8 5. Jose Campra, Jacksonville State 74-75-73 222 +9 6. Barry Roof, UCF 77-74-72 223 +10 Stefan Wistorf, UCF 74-73-76 223 8. Ryan Shears, South Florida 72-77-75 224 +11 9. Oscar Fraustro, South Florida 76-77-72 225 +12 Jeremiah Shields, Arkansas State 73-77-75 225 11. Dylan Keylock, Francis Marion 76-81-69 226 +13 Steve Paramore, Florida Southern 79-71-76 226 Gary Ferguson, Chattanooga 77-75-74 226 14. Adam Shanks, Austin Peay 74-78-75 227 +14 Dan Grassman, South Florida 77-74-76 227 16. Matt Gallant, Austin Peay 70-78-80 228 +15 Matias Anselmo, Jacksonville State 74-76-78 228 18. David Jeans, Memphis 80-76-73 229 +16 Patrico Cozzoli, Jacksonville State 72-79-78 229 20. Charlie Gibson, Middle Tenn. State 79-78-73 230 +17 Nick Mackay, Jacksonville State 79-76-75 230 Colin Speirs, South Alabama 74-76-80 230 23. Alan Weant, Memphis 72-81-78 231 +18 Scott Crisco, Arkansas State 72-82-77 231 Adam Cooper, Columbus State 79-78-74 231 Brent Blondell, Florida Southern 74-78-79 231 27. Joe Humston, Austin Peay 75-81-76 232 +19 Matt LeConche, UCF 76-79-77 232 29. Ryan Gildersleeve, South Alabama 69-86-78 233 +20 Alan Clark, Arkansas State 75-79-79 233 Andreas Hoegberg, UCF 81-78-74 233 Martin Peterka, Florida Southern 78-79-76 233 33. Matt Brock, Chattanooga 77-78-79 234 +21 Brad Quiri, South Florida 80-80-74 234 Angel Monguzzi, Jacksonville State 72-81-81 234 Bobby Thomas, Columbus State 83-77-74 234 37. Brad Stainsby, Florida Southern 79-77-79 235 +22 Pablo Ceron, South Florida 77-80-78 235 39. David Lea, Columbus State 76-78-82 236 +23 Sonny Nimkhum, UCF 77-77-82 236 Michael Prieur, Memphis 83-73-80 236 42. Joel Gibbons, Florida Atlantic 79-78-80 237 +24 43. Austin Jones, Florida Southern 81-76-81 238 +25 Richard Jones, Memphis 80-79-79 238 Nicolai Syversten, Florida Atlantic 79-76-83 238 46. Jamie McQuaker, Columbus State 78-81-80 239 +26 Matt Dura, Francis Marion 80-78-81 239 Andrew Ross, Arkansas State 79-84-76 239 49. Blake Bivens, Middle Tenn. State 80-77-83 240 +27 Jason Gaare, Marquette 85-78-77 240 Scott Kennedy, Florida Atlantic 77-76-87 240 Josh Lampley, South Alabama 81-78-81 240 Wixson Huffstetler, Arkansas State 76-83-81 240 54. Chris Harder, Austin Peay 82-77-82 241 +28 Kyle Murphy, Marquette 76-79-86 241 Josh Nelms, Middle Tenn. State 83-82-76 241 Nathan Ruth, DePaul 79-82-80 241 58. Ryan Owens, Chattanooga 82-79-81 242 +29 Matt Lemma, South Alabama 74-83-85 242 Robert Hartman, Francis Marion 82-82-78 242 61. Scott Yopchick, DePaul 77-85-82 244 +31 62. Nathan Colson, Marquette 77-81-88 246 +33 Chris Lewis, Columbus State 85-79-82 246 Per Halberg, Francis Marion 83-83-80 246 65. Matt Hilton, Marquette 80-85-82 247 +34 Tyson Elliott, Chattanooga 82-85-80 247 Steve Sass, Marquette 79-84-84 247 68. Josh Scarborough, DePaul 86-83-80 249 +36 69. Matt Dugger, Austin Peay 81-90-79 250 +37 70. Cobb Andrews, Memphis 80-90-82 252 +39 71. Kyle Patterson, DePaul 80-91-82 253 +40 72. Joe Hermes, DePaul 89-82-83 254 +41 73. Mike Bailey, Florida Atlantic 84-86-85 255 +42 74. Taylor Bowers, Middle Tenn. State 85-85-87 257 +44 WD Nathan Rhatigan, Chattanooga 81-76-WD
