Oct. 29, 2000

Stanford, Calif. - The University of Missouri men's golf team finished in 16th place at The Nelson Invitational, which wrapped up today at the Stanford Golf Course, in Stanford, Calif.

Missouri shot team rounds of 301-295-307 for a three-round team total of 903.

The Tigers were led individually by freshman Michael Radek, who tied for 17th place overall, with a three-round total of 218. He shot rounds of 73 and 74 to open the tournament, but closed with a solid even-par 71 to pace Head Coach Tim Robyn's squad. Radek has now placed in the top-20 in three of his last four outings this fall.

Junior Neal Stafford was next up for the Tigers, with a three-round total of 225 (74-76-75) that left him tied for 52nd place. Junior Mark McBride shot rounds of 79-74-78 to finish tied for 76th place with a 231 total. That marked the first time this fall that he has not placed in the top-20.

Freshman Brandon Knaub tied for 76th place individually, along with teammate McBride, while junior Chris Happ rounded out the Tiger lineup by finishing 89th place.

Missouri will close out the 2000 fall season on Nov. 6-7, at the Baylor Invitational in Waco, Texas.

TEAM STANDINGS
Pl	Team	 1st	2nd 	3rd	Total
 1	Duke	 280	293	289	862
 2	N. Carolina St.	284	295	287	866
 3	Washington	284	302	283	869
 	Alabama	 288	294	287	869
 5	Stanford	289	292	289	870
	Fla. Southern	293	294	283	870
 7	Kansas	 288	294	293	875
 8	Colorado St.	287	307	290	884
	North Florida	296	298	290	884
10	Colorado	292	295	300	887
11	Miami, Ohio	292	298	299	889
12	Purdue	 292	307	294	893
13	Michigan	297	306	291	894
14	Texas Tech	301	301	293	895
15	Fresno St.	293	308	297	898
16	MISSOURI	301	295	307	903
17	Wyoming	 287	315	306	908
18	Idaho	 310	310	290	910
19	Hawaii-Hilo	316	310	316	942

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Pl	Player (School)	 1st	2nd	3rd	Tot
 1	Steve Sokol (Fl.So.)	73	71	64	208
 2	Leif Olson (Duke)	68	71	72	211
 3	Travis Hurst (KU)	70	71	72	213
 4	Matt Krauss (Duke)	71	72	71	214
	Robby Stephenson (CSU)	69	74	71	214
	Ryan Barauskas (Purdue)	70	76	68	214
	Ben Portie (CU)	 73	70	71	214
17	Michael Radek (MU)	73	74	71	218
52	Neal Stafford (MU)	74	76	75	225
76	Mark McBride (MU)	79	74	78	231
	Brandon Knaub (MU)	77	71	83	231
89	Chris Happ (MU)	 77	77	83	237