Thursday, September 11, 2008
The men’s golf team started its season with a third-place finish in the Nebraska Fairway Club Invitational in Nebraska City, Neb. The tournament, which was held at ArborLinks Golf Club, was the site of theJayhawks’ best team finish since last year’s Kansas Invitational. Sophomore Nate Barbee led the team with a two-round score of 143 and finished tied for a career high fourth place.
“I’m pleased with our start this year,” said coach Kit Grove. “We are off to a much better start this season than last year.”
Heavy rain and lightning delayed the scheduled 8 a.m. start of the tournament until 1 p.m. Monday. The tournament started with windy and cold weather and was shortened from 54 holes to 36.
In the first round, Barbee shot a 70, marking his fifth career round under par. Junior Walt Koelbel finished close behind in the top 10 with a score of 73and placed tenth in the round. Overall, Kansas finished Monday with a team score of 294, just four strokes out of first place.
“I thought a score of 300 would be a solid round today with the weather so I am very pleased with our score,” said Grove in a press release.
Senior Andrew Storm and Barbee led the Jayhawks on Tuesday with second round scores of 73. Storm’s finish in the second round gave him a final score of 149, which tied him for 18th place. Koelbel finished the second round with a 79 and finished tied for 33rd place.
Making his debut for the Jayhawks, freshman Ian Anson, a native of Surrey, England, had a final score of 150, finishing tied for 25th place.
“I’m pretty happy with the result,” Anson said. “I wasn’t on top of my game, but considering it was my first tournament, I must say that I am rather pleased.”
Redshirt freshman Blake Giroux also made his debut for the Jayhawks. Giroux had a two-round score of 154 and finished in 42nd place. Competing as an individual, senior Patrick Roth finished in a tie for 56th place.
Coach Grove thought that overall his team didwell, but would like to see the team have some consistency throughout the rest of the season.
“Nate (Barbee) had a really solid tournament,” Grove said. “Everyone else had one good round and one bad round, but with some maturity this team could sneak up on some teams this year.”
The Jayhawks will host the Kansas Invitational Sept 15-16 for its next tournament. The event will take place at Alvamar Golf Club in Lawrence. The team hopes to build off its success in Nebraska.
“I thought as a team we played pretty solid,” Barbee said. “This should give us confidence going into our home tournament next week.”
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