March 13, 2001
The University of Missouri men's golf team finished in 13th place at the Louisiana Classics, which wrapped up today at Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, La. The 36-hole tournament winner was Tennessee, which had a two-round team total of 572 over two days. Southern Methodist was second with a team score of 576, while Mississippi came in third, at 578. Missouri had a nice improvement on the second day, dropping eight strokes from the team score from Monday's opening round. MU shot a 297 today as a team, and finished with a 602 total.
Individually, Missouri was led by junior Mark McBride, who tied for 26th place individually with a two-round total of 147. He was just four strokes out of the top ten, and shot a one-under par 71 Tuesday, which was a five-stroke improvement over Monday's round of 76.
Freshman Michael Radek was MU's next finisher, with a two-round total of 151. He shot rounds of 76 and 75 for the tournament. Junior Chris Happ improved by seven strokes Tuesday, firing a two-over par 73 after opening Monday with an 80. Happ finished in a tie for 57th place overall with his two-round total of 153.
Other Tiger competitors included freshman Brandon Knaub (60th - 154), sophomore Shawn Fleming (68th - 156) and senior Tom Vogt, who competed individually and finished 73rd after taking an 83 Tuesday.
TEAM STANDINGS Pl Team 1st 2nd Total 1 Tennessee 279 293 572 2 SMU 283 293 576 3 Mississippi 284 294 578 4 La.-Lafayette 288 291 579 5 Colorado 295 287 582 6 Kansas 302 283 585 7 Tulsa 291 297 588 8 Arkansas 299 292 591 Baylor 293 298 591 10 Sam Houston St. 300 294 594 11 Texas A&M 296 304 600 North Texas 302 298 600 13 MISSOURI 305 297 602 14 New Mexico 311 303 614 15 Nebraska 313 309 622INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Pl Player (School) 1st 2nd Tot 1 Troy Muller (Miss.) 68 71 139 2 Jason Powell (UT) 67 74 141 Jimmy Walker (BU) 69 72 141 Burke Spensky (La.) 70 71 141 26 Mark McBride (MU) 76 71 147 46 Michael Radek (MU) 76 75 151 57 Chris Happ (MU) 80 73 153 60 Brandon Knaub (MU) 76 78 154 68 Shawn Fleming (MU) 77 79 156 73 *Tom Vogt (MU) 75 83 158
*-Competing individually