Sept. 17, 2006
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - - Two Mizzou golfers finished among the top-five individually to help the Tigers to a fourth-place finish at the Wolverine Intercollegiate in Ann Arbor, Mich. Missouri turned in a final round team score of 294 and finished with a three-round total of 864, one shot out of third place and two shots behind second.
Sophomore Peter Malnati finished fourth in the individual standings with a 54-hole score of two-under-par 211 after a 74 on Sunday. He finished on shot ahead of senior John Kelly who carded a final round 72 to finish in a tie for fifth with a 212 final total.
Two Tiger sophomores, Kyle Marcolla and Ryne Fisher, finished among those tied for 41st place with three-round totals of 221. Fisher turned in the best round of the day for the Tigers with an even-par 71 on Sunday.
Junior Chris Zeller finished in a tie for 63rd place with a three-round total of 227.
Wisconsin won the tournament with a final three-round score of 851, which was 11 shots better than second place Michigan.
Next up for Missouri is the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, N.M. Sept. 16-17.
MIZZOU MEN'S GOLF
Wolverine Intercollegiate
Ann Arbor, Mich. 6,704 yards/Par 71
| TEAM STANDINGS | ||
| 1. | Wisconsin | 285-279-287=851 |
| 2. | Michigan | 278-290-294=862 |
| 3. | Akron | 281-290-292=863 |
| 4. | MISSOURI | 288-282-294=864 |
| 5. | Eastern Michigan | 292-282-292=866 |
| INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS | ||
| 1. | Mitch Gillis (Oregon State) | 65-70-72=207 (-6) |
| 2. | Nick Pumford (Michigan) | 67-71-71=209 (-4) |
| 3. | Garrett Jones (Wisconsin) | 70-67-73=210 (-3) |
| 4. | Peter Malnati (MIZZOU) | 70-67-74=211 (-2) |
| T5. | John Kelly (MIZZOU) | 73-67-72=212 (-1) |
| T5. | Dan Woltman (Wisconsin) | 74-70-68=212 (-1) |
| T5. | Graham Hill (E. Michigan) | 71-70-71=212 (-1) |
| T41. | Kyle Marcolla (MIZZOU) | 71-73-77=221 (+8) |
| T41. | Ryne Fisher (MIZZOU) | 75-75-71=221 (+8) |
| T63. | Chris Zeller (MIZZOU) | 74-76-77=227 (+14) |