Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Tuesday, February 28
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LA Classics Invitational
Men's Golf places 10th in stacked field at Louisiana Classics
02/28/2017 | 7:46:00 | Men's Golf
The Southern Illinois men's golf team moved up one spot during the final round of the Louisiana Classics tournament on Tuesday to finish in 10th place out of 16 teams.
Playing in their second tournament of the spring season, the Salukis were up against a challenging field that featured four Top 25 programs in Illinois, LSU, Texas A&M and Kent State.
Kent State (-21) won the tournament and was one of three teams to finish under par. The Golden Flashes were followed by Texas A&M (-2) and LSU (-1). Southern Illinois (+46) slipped past Toledo (+47) during today's third and final round.
"That's what we want as competitors is to play against the best competition we can," said SIU head coach Justin Fetcho. "We had a lot of positives to take away from the tournament. Ball-striking wise we did a lot of good things, but we had too many putts, too many non up-and-downs. If we can clean those things up I like our chances in any tournament."Â
SIU's top finisher was senior Brandon Carlson (+5), who took 16th place. He was tied for eighth-place at 2-under heading into today's action, but ended up 15 strokes behind tournament champion Sam Burns (-10) of LSU. With a pair of 71s in the first two rounds, Carlson was the only Saluki golfer to shoot below par during the tournament at the 6,898-yard Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette.Â
"The first 36 holes, Brandon put himself in a great position," Fetcho said. "He didn't play quite like he wanted to today, but it was a great tournament for him to build off. To get some under-par rounds early in the spring will hopefully be a spring-board into the rest of the season."
Sophomore Peyton Wilhoit (+14) had SIU's best round today with a 75. In the overall standings, he finished tied with teammate Sam Meek for 51st place out of 87 golfers.Â
The Salukis return to action in two weeks when they compete at Florida State's Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Florida.
TEAM RESULTS
1 Kent State 281 280 282 843 -21
2 Texas A&M University 287 288 287 862 -2
3 LSU 278 289 296 863 -1
4 Illinois 284 292 297 873 +9
5 Louisiana 287 300 297 884 +20
6 UTSA 298 300 300 898 +34
T7 Southern Mississippi 291 304 304 899 +35
T7 Texas State 304 295 300 899 +35
T7 Sam Houston State 291 295 313 899 +35
10 Southern Illinois 298 305 307 910 +46
T11 Toledo 296 306 309 911 +47
T11 Louisiana Tech 302 302 307 911 +47
13 Missouri - Kansas City 304 301 307 912 +48
4 Southeastern Louisiana 299 305 309 913 +49
UT Arlington 310 302 315 927 +63
SIU SCORESÂ
16 Brandon Carlson (2) 71 71 79 221
T51 Peyton Wilhoit (3) 75 80 75 230
T51 Sam Meek (4) 78 77 75 230
T60 Luke Gannon (1) 76 77 78 231
T73 Matt Greenfield (5) 76 80 80 236
*T70 Frankie Thomas 77 80 78 235
*Competed as an individual
Playing in their second tournament of the spring season, the Salukis were up against a challenging field that featured four Top 25 programs in Illinois, LSU, Texas A&M and Kent State.
Kent State (-21) won the tournament and was one of three teams to finish under par. The Golden Flashes were followed by Texas A&M (-2) and LSU (-1). Southern Illinois (+46) slipped past Toledo (+47) during today's third and final round.
"That's what we want as competitors is to play against the best competition we can," said SIU head coach Justin Fetcho. "We had a lot of positives to take away from the tournament. Ball-striking wise we did a lot of good things, but we had too many putts, too many non up-and-downs. If we can clean those things up I like our chances in any tournament."Â
SIU's top finisher was senior Brandon Carlson (+5), who took 16th place. He was tied for eighth-place at 2-under heading into today's action, but ended up 15 strokes behind tournament champion Sam Burns (-10) of LSU. With a pair of 71s in the first two rounds, Carlson was the only Saluki golfer to shoot below par during the tournament at the 6,898-yard Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette.Â
"The first 36 holes, Brandon put himself in a great position," Fetcho said. "He didn't play quite like he wanted to today, but it was a great tournament for him to build off. To get some under-par rounds early in the spring will hopefully be a spring-board into the rest of the season."
Sophomore Peyton Wilhoit (+14) had SIU's best round today with a 75. In the overall standings, he finished tied with teammate Sam Meek for 51st place out of 87 golfers.Â
The Salukis return to action in two weeks when they compete at Florida State's Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Florida.
TEAM RESULTS
1 Kent State 281 280 282 843 -21
2 Texas A&M University 287 288 287 862 -2
3 LSU 278 289 296 863 -1
4 Illinois 284 292 297 873 +9
5 Louisiana 287 300 297 884 +20
6 UTSA 298 300 300 898 +34
T7 Southern Mississippi 291 304 304 899 +35
T7 Texas State 304 295 300 899 +35
T7 Sam Houston State 291 295 313 899 +35
10 Southern Illinois 298 305 307 910 +46
T11 Toledo 296 306 309 911 +47
T11 Louisiana Tech 302 302 307 911 +47
13 Missouri - Kansas City 304 301 307 912 +48
4 Southeastern Louisiana 299 305 309 913 +49
UT Arlington 310 302 315 927 +63
SIU SCORESÂ
16 Brandon Carlson (2) 71 71 79 221
T51 Peyton Wilhoit (3) 75 80 75 230
T51 Sam Meek (4) 78 77 75 230
T60 Luke Gannon (1) 76 77 78 231
T73 Matt Greenfield (5) 76 80 80 236
*T70 Frankie Thomas 77 80 78 235
*Competed as an individual
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