Men’s golf team places 10th in Cajun Classic

Friday, March 14, 2008

The men’s golf team competed in its third spring tournament this week and finished in 10th place at the Oakbourne Country Club (par 72, 7,141 yards) in Lafayette, La., with a team score of 862, 28 strokes behind tournament champion Colorado. This marked Kansas’ 12th consecutive appearance in the Cajun Classic.

After the first round on Monday, Kansas led the tournament with a team total of 289. Junior Walt Koelbel tied his career-best round with a score of 69.

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“Getting to practice over the past week helped us have an awesome first round,” Koelbel said. “With better weather this season, we hope to improve.”

Freshman Brad Hopfinger and junior Zach Pederson finished the first round on par.

“We had our best first round of the season,” coach Kit Grove said. “It’s a step in the right direction.”

Though the Jayhawks led after round one, the team failed to match its success and finished the second round with a score of 306, which left them tied for eighth place on Monday. Halfway through the second round, downpours delayed the tournament for about an hour.

Hopfinger finished the second round tied for 12th place with a total score of 146. Koelbel followed up his under-par first round with a score of 78, which left him tied for 19th place.

Starting the final round Tuesday, the Jayhawks were 12 strokes behind first-place Colorado.

In his second appearance for Kansas, junior transfer Brandon Hermreck shot 71, his best round as a Jayhawk. Freshman Nate Barbee had his best performance of the tournament on Tuesday with a 73. Hermreck finished tied for 53rd place with a score of 227 and Barbee finished tied for 45th place with a score of 226.

Koelbel finished the tournament tied for 28th place with a score of 223. Hopfinger finished the tournament with a score of 221 and tied for 17th place.

“I had a couple triple bogeys but other than that, I felt I played solid,” Hopfinger said.

— Edited by Katherine Loeck

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