Flashes Finish 15th at General Hackler Championship
3/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
MURRELLS INLET, S.C. -- After a final round team score of 301 today (Mar. 12), the Kent State University men's golf team finished in 15th place of 18 teams at the General Jim Hackler Championship presented by Chanticleer Holdings at the TPC of Myrtle Beach. In fourth place after a 2-over 290 opening round, the Golden Flashes slumped to rounds of 300 (+12) and 301 (+13) to finish out the tournament.
Lamar won the team title in with a tournament record 26-under 838, 10 strokes ahead of host Coastal Caro,ina. USC was in third place, three strokes behind the Chanticleers. Kent State's score of 891 (+27) was two shots behind Pepperdine and five beind North Florida and Purdue.
Individually, junior Tom Ballinger tied for 30th place at 3-over 219 (72-74-73), followed by classmate Tommy Wiegand in a tie for 34th place at 4-over 220 (71-73-76). For Ballinger, it marked the second time in three spring tournaments he was Kent State's top individual while Wiegand posted his lowest 54-hole score of the 2006-07 season.
Senior Marc Bourgeois tied for 64th place at 11-over 227 (72-78-77) and freshman David Ludlow tied for 72nd at 12-over 228 (75-75-78). Sophomore Peter Ahn rounded out the KSU scoring in a tie for 92nd at plus-19 235 (82-78-75).
The Golden Flashes return to action Mar. 26-27 at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas.
General Jim Hackler Championship presented by Chanticleer Holdings
TPC of Myrtle Beach - Par 72/6,950 yards (Mar. 11-12)
Team Scores (54 holes, par 864): 1. Lamar 838 (-26), 2. Coastal Carolina 848 (-16), 3. USC 851 (-13), 4. Duke 868 (+4), 5. ETSU 869 (+5), T6. Tulsa 872 (+8), T6. Charlotta 872 (+8), 8. Augusta State 875 (+11), 9. New Mexico 878 (+14), 10. Georgia Southern 884 (+20), 11. Virginia 885 (+21), T12. North Florida 886 (+22), T12. Purdue 886 (+22), 14. Pepperdine 889 (+25), 15. Kent State 891 (+27), 16. Oklahoma 898 (+34), 17. Baylor 900 (_36), 18. UNC-Wilmington 913 (+49).
Kent State Individuals (54 holes, par 216): T30. Tom Ballinger 72-74-73=219 (+3), T34. Tommy Wiegand 71-73-76=220 (+4), T64. Marc Bourgeois 72-78-77=227 (+11), T72. David Ludlow 75-75-78=228 (+12), T92. Peter Ahn 82-78-75=235 (+19).
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