Monday, March 10, 2008
Tournament provides outdoor play, practice
The men’s golf team will compete in its third tournament of the spring season today and Tuesday in the Cajun Classic. It will be the Jayhawks’ 12th consecutive appearance in the tournament, which is held at the Oakbourne Country Club (par 72, 7,141 yards) in Lafayette, La.
The Jayhawks will be led by freshmen duo Brad Hopfinger and Nate Barbee. According to Golfstat.com’s Freshman Class Impact Rankings, Kansas’ duo is ranked No. 25 in NCAA Division 1. Hopfinger leads the team in scoring with an average of 74.06.
Also competing for the Jayhawks will be juniors Walt Koelbel, Zach Pederson and Brandon Hermreck. Koelbel has competed in every tournament for the Jayhawks this year and has had two top-20 finishes.
Because of the weather, the team has not had many opportunities to play outside this season.
“Obviously, we are just excited to get out of the snow and get the chance to play some golf,” coach Kit Grove said. “It makes it real tough when you don’t have the chance to practice much, but hopefully when we get back from this trip we will have more chances to practice.”
Though the weather has not permitted the Jayhawks to practice much this season, the team got its chance to get outside a couple days this past week.
“We were able to practice our short game and putting, which will definitely help us,” Koelbel said.
The Jayhawks will compete in two rounds of 18 holes today and Tuesday.
—Bryan Wheeler
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