Final Results
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Kennesaw State men’s golf team wrapped up the Arizona Intercollegiate on Tuesday as the Owls finished seventh in the fifteen team field on the Golf Club at Vistoso, a par 71, 6,954 yard layout.
“Overall it was a solid performance to start the spring season,” Head Coach
Jay Moseley said. “We played well but left shots on the greens and had bad stretches of golf. We know the things we have to work on to get better and we will do so. This was the first time playing golf in the desert and we held our own against a great field.”
KSU moved up to seventh place after round three with a combined total of 871, +19. The outing ties their 19-over-par performance at the Carpet Capital Collegiate earlier this year, the second best team total behind the Pinetree Intercollegiate where the team registered a four-under-par.
For the second tournament this season,
Peder Lunde Hermansson led the Owls as he put together a 54-hole score of 210, -3 to place seventh. Hermansson was one of only 10 golfers in the 92 individual field to shoot under-par. He also collected wins over eight golfers ranked in the top-100 of the latest Golfstat.com rankings.
“Peder had a great tournament and was able to put up good numbers for us,” Moseley stated. “He really played well the entire tournament and I am happy for him. We know what Peder is capable of doing and I hope he can continue his great play into the spring.”
Sophomore
Jimmy Beck finished outside of the top-20 for the first time in the 2012-13 campaign as he placed tied for 24th at 219, +6. Sophomore
Austin Vick and senior
Ben Greene each carded a 71, even-par on Tuesday’s final round to help the Owls leapfrog CSU Fulerton. Vick tied for 37th shooting his season low, three round score of 221, +8, while Greene finished tied for 45th at 223, +10. Rounding out the scoring for the Black and Gold was
Jonathan Klotz, as the junior posted a 227, +14 to tie for 62nd.
No. 5 New Mexico (844, -8) hung on to win the team title, ousting runner up TCU (846, -6) by two strokes. The No. 1 ranked Golden Bears of California (847, -5) finished third, while Arizona State (851, -1) took fourth and host Arizona (862, +10) rounded out the top five.
Michael Kim, the No. 2 ranked individual by Golfstat and Golden Bear teammate Joel Stalter took home a share of the individual title as both finished at nine-under-par. Kim posted the tournaments best round of 65, -6 on Tuesday to come from behind in seventh place and tie Stalter, the leader after two rounds.
Kennesaw State continues its spring campaign next week when it travels to Gainesville, Fla. to compete in the Gator Invitational. The Owls will play 54-holes over two days beginning on Sat. Feb. 9 on the University of Florida Golf Course.
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Kennesaw State University is celebrating 30 years of intercollegiate athletics during the 2012-13 academic year.
