Marquette Finishes Second at Mission Inn Spring Spectacular

March 19, 2017

Final Results

HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. - Marquette's final round team score of 292 (4-over-par) sealed a runner-up finish (298-296-292-886) for the Golden Eagles at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular, hosted by George Mason at El Campeon G.C.

The second place showing is Marquette's best 54-hole event finish since winning the 2015 BIG EAST Championship. All five of MU's starters finished in the top 28 of the 107-man field, led by Oliver Farrell's 4-over-par 220 (72-75-73), which tied for fifth place. Ferdinand MÃƒÆ'Ã†'Â¼ller (71-79-71) and Henry Klongland (Ind. - 73-75-73) tied for eighth with their 5-over-par 221 scores.

MU's team score improved in each round - the Golden Eagles wrapped up 11 strokes behind medalist TCU and 13 ahead of host George Mason, which finished third.

EVENT NOTES

MÃƒÆ'Ã†'Â¼ller was the only Marquette starter to post two sub-par rounds, with 1-under-par 71s sandwiching his event. He had five birdies in the final round to finish with his second-lowest career 54-hole total.
Klongland's 221 was his lowest score since he shot 220 in the 2014 Windon Memorial Classic - he tied his best career finish since the 2013 Windon, which was his second career event during his freshman season.
Klongland was the top finishing individual player in the field.
For the 11th time in 16 career starts, Farrell had MU's best event finish and lowest score. His steady weekend included a field-best 47 par makes on 54 holes.
Marquette made a field-leading 177 pars and led the tournament with its combined 8-under-par score on par-5 holes.
The last time MU was a runner-up in a 54-hole event was the El Macero Classic in April of 2015.
The average score in the 107-player field was 78.72.

MARQUETTE TEAM SCORING - 298-296-292-886
T5 - Oliver Farrell - 72-75-73-220
T8 - Ferdinand MÃƒÆ'Ã†'Â¼ller - 71-79-71-221
T13 - Matt Murlick - 78-71-75-224
T21 - Matthew Bachmann - 77-74-75-226
T28 - Charlie Maleki - 79-76-73-228

Individuals
T8 - Henry Klongland - 73-75-73-221
T34 - Austin Kendziorski - 76-76-77-229
T44 - Garrett Loomis - 72-84-76-229