Feb. 17, 2003
Lakeland, Fla. - The University of Missouri men's golf team is in ninth place after the first two rounds of the Matlock Collegiate Classic in Lakeland, Fla. Mizzou fired a total of 590 in the opening day of the tourney, which is being played at the Grasslands Golf and Country Club (Par 72, 7065 yards). The Tigers trail Virginia Tech for the eighth spot by three shots and are eight strokes out of the Top 5.
After finishing 39th last week at the Rice Intercollegiate, junior David Jenkins had his best round as a Tiger shooting 71 in the opening round and followed that up with a 74 in the second for a total of 145. That puts him in a tie for 18th heading into the final round tomorrow. Jenkins is just seven strokes off of the lead, which is owned by Old Dominion's Geoffrey Harris who shot a two-round total of 138 (-6), and four strokes out of the Top 5.
Senior Cory Ewert and junior Brandon Knaub both shot two-round totals of 148 and are currently tied for 31st. Ewert shot back-to-back rounds of 74 while Knaub rebounded from an opening-round 76 to shoot an even-par 72 in the second round. Freshman Chris Mabry is in 47th place after consecutive rounds of 75 for a total of 150 and senior Chris Happ rounds out the Tiger scoring with a total of 152, placing him in 56th heading into the final round.
The Tigers will finish up their second tournament of the spring on Tuesday in Lakeland and will be chasing Day 1-team leader Rollins College, who shot a team total of 578 (+2) through the opening two rounds.
TEAM STANDINGS Pl Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1 Rollins College 286 292 578 Miami (Ohio) 290 288 578 3 N. Carolina Wilm. 290 290 580 4 Ohio State 293 289 582 Tulsa 288 294 582 6 Colorado 290 295 585 Florida Southern 294 291 585 8 Virginia Tech 291 296 587 9 Missouri 295 295 590 10 Old Dominion 295 296 591 11 Georgia Coll. St. 295 297 592 12 West Florida 292 302 594 Campbell 305 289 594 14 Mississippi St. 297 298 595 15 Valdosta St. 300 298 598 Va. Common. 297 301 598 17 Univ. of Rich. 305 308 613 18 St. Leo Univ. 321 324 645INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Pl Player (School) 1st 2nd 3rd Tot 1 Geoffrey Harris (ODU) 69 69 138 2 Eric Phipps (Miami) 70 69 139 3 Scott Anderson (OSU) 71 69 140 4 Tony DiBitetto (NCW) 70 71 141 Brad Stainsby (FSC) 72 69 141 18 David Jenkins (MU) 71 74 145 31 Brandon Knaub (MU) 76 72 148 31 Cory Ewert (MU) 74 74 148 47 Chris Mabry (MU) 75 75 150 56 Chris Happ (MU) 75 77 152