Men’s golf team places last in early week tournament

Thursday, October 18, 2007

The Kansas men’s golf team continued to struggle through the fall season as it finished last in the Prestige at PGA West in Palm Springs, Calif. over Monday and Tuesday. This marks the second consecutive last-place finish for the Jayhawks. First-year coach Kit Grove gave his take on today’s result in a press release.

“As a team we are making steps in the right direction, but we are still frustrated with the overall result,” Grove said.

Placing last in the past two tournaments may propose a grim future, but the Jayhawks made personal gains this tournament. Junior Walt Koelbel shot three under par in the final round of the Prestige, his second under-par round of the season.

Koelbel added to his great day on the Greg Norman Course by finishing tied for 19th, his second top-20 finish of the season.

Freshman Brad Hopfinger followed Koelbel in the rankings finishing tied for 23rd. Hopfinger’s total three-day score was his lowest tournament score of his young career.

Although Hopfinger placed in the top 25, he did show signs of being a freshman. Hopfinger went into the final round tied for 20th but missed the opportunity to crack the top 20 in a tournament and beat a career-high finish of 22nd. He did get his coach’s attention after day one.

“I was really happy with how Brad played as a true freshman,” Grove said in a statement after day one at the Prestige.

Junior Zach Pederson, sophomore Bobby Knowles and senior Joey Mundy followed Hopfinger and Koelbel in the standings, all placing behind 70th.

The Jayhawks did not move in the tournament standings from day one. Charlotte finished on top at the Prestige taking the team title. Minnesota’s Clayton Rask and Wisconsin’s Dan Woltmon tied with eight under par to take the individual title.

The Jayhawks tee off for the last time this fall in Wilmington, N.C., next weekend in the Landfall Tradition.

-Edited by Kaitlyn Syring

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