March 22, 2006

LOMPOC, California -- Hardin-Simmons' men's golf team finished 14th overall with a two-day, three-round composite score of 1012 at the CLU Kingsman Invitational held March 20-21.

The Invitational was played at the par-72, 7,087-yard La Purisma Golf Course in Lompoc, California.

University of Redlands won the team-title with three rounds of 308-305-313 to finish at 926, which were 17 strokes better than second place and tournament host California Lutheran. Mary Hardin-Baylor finished in fourth, two strokes behind University of La Verne, with a three round total of 954.

The Cowboys had rounds of 343-337-332 to finish 14th. Michael Weehunt and J.C. Eagle paced the Cowboys shooting 252 overall. Weehunt had rounds of 87-81-84 while Eagle shot 86 and 87 the first day and then came back and fired a 79 in the third round.

Davey Davis placed third on the team, two strokes behind Weehunt and Eagle, shooting a 254 with rounds of 90-82-82. Travis Brown's rounds of 83-87-87 were good enough for a 257 and Chris Clifton shot 87-94-93 to finish at 274.

Top Five Team Scores 1 University of Redlands 308-305-313 926 2 California Lutheran 315-312-316 943 3 University of La Verne 314-323-315 952 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor 324-320-310 954 5 Claremont McKenna 314-314-327 955

Top Ten Individual Scores 1 Brent Peterson, Occidental 73-78-73 224 T2 Alan Johnson, CLU 75-77-77 229 T2 R.J. Scholl, Redlands 75-77-77 229 4 Gary Tewell, East Bay 76-79-75 230 5 Trevor Young, Redlands 77-76-78 231 T6 Nick Obie, Redlands 80-74-78 232 T6 Chris Davis, Laverne 77-80-75 232 T8 Chase Watson, McM 78-78-79 235 T8 EJ Stenftenagel, Redlands 76-78-81 235 T10 Matt Gahan, Chapman 81-79-76 236 T10 Nathan Logan, LaVerne 79-78-79 236