March 1, 2005
SAN ANTONIO - Junior Chris Mabry (Leawood, Kan. / Bishop Miege HS) shot a final-round even-par 71 to earn his first top-10 finish of the season Tuesday afternoon at the UTSA Intercollegiate at Oak Hills Country Club.
Mabry entered the day in 10th place at even par, and improved his position despite the field shooting slightly better on Tuesday than in the first two rounds. Mabry's previous best showing this season was a 12th-place finish in the final tournament of the fall at Stanford.
Sophomore John Kelly (St. Louis, Mo. / Christian Brothers College HS) closed with a 4-over-par 75 to finish in a tie for 21st, which matched his best placing of the year, also at Stanford. Kelly led the field by posting two eagles in the tournament.
As a team, the Tigers finished eighth, shooting an aggregate four-player score of 11-over 295 in the final round. Kansas fired an even-par 284 to overtake Wichita State for the team title by two strokes.
Among the rest of the Tigers, sophomore Shawn Jasper (Marthasville, Mo. / Francis Howell North HS / Newman Univ.) carded his best round of the tournament with a 2-over 73 to finish in a tie for 67th; junior Ben Scott (Lancashire, United Kingdom / St. Theodore's HS) tied for 48th with a 76; and sophomore Tyler Dunn (Godfrey, Ill. / Alton HS) shot a 77 to tie for 57th.
The Tigers resume competition next Monday and Tuesday (March 7-8) at the Louisiana Classics Intercollegiate in Lafayette, La.
MIZZOU MEN'S GOLF
at the UTSA Intercollegiate - San Antonio, Texas
Oak Hills CC - 6,691 yards / par 71
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (top five plus MU) - 1. Kansas; 284-292-284--860; 2. Wichita State, 280-291-291--862; 3. Baylor, 278-293-294--865; 4. New Mexico State, 286-288-292--866; 5. UT-San Antonio, 285-293-291--869; 8. MIZZOU, 289-298-295--882.
FINAL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (top five plus other MU finishers) - 1. Jeremy Alcorn (BU), 65-75-70--210; 2. (tie), Judd Easterling (WSU), 69-72-70--211 and Tyler Docking (KU), 69-71-71--211; 4. Ty Cline (WSU), 68-72-72--212; 5. (tie), Chris Mabry (MU), 70-72-71--213 and Drew Reynolds (Neb.), 73-70-70--213; T21. John Kelly (MU), 69-75-75--219; T48. Ben Scott (MU), 74-76-76--226; T57. Tyler Dunn (MU), 76-76-77--229; T67. Shawn Jasper (MU), 84-75-73--232.