Men's golf sits in 15th place heading into final round of National Invitational Tournament
4/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
TUSCON, Ariz. The Kent State University men's golf team totaled consecutive rounds of 592 on Monday (April 2) to place itself at 16-over par and in 15th place at the 2007 National Invitational Tournament.
The Golden Flashes have some ground to make up in the final round, which gets under way at 7:30 a.m. PDT on Tuesday (April 3) at the Omni Tuscon National Golf Club. Kent State sits in last place and trails 14th-place Pepperdine University by four strokes.
The University of Tulsa leads the pack after two rounds, compiling a score of 564, good enough for 12-under par.
Tulsa is also leading the way individually, as Ryan Henry fired a 136 to push himself three strokes ahead of the competition.
For Kent State, sophomore Peter Ahn shot a first-round score of 72 one stoke shy of his season low and finished the day one-over par with a total score of 145 to tie for 24th place.
Tom Ballinger also opened with a score of 72, but shooting two strokes worse put the junior at 146 and in a tie for 34th.
By improving by two strokes in the second round, junior Tommy Wiegand tied for 63rd by finishing six-over par with a total score of 150.
Senior Marc Bourgeois also upped his standing by shooting a 75 in the second round for a one-stroke improvement. The 2006 Mid-American Conference Co-Medalist finished the first day with a score of 151, tying him for 66th place.
Freshman David Ludlow tied for 71st place to round out the KSU contingent. Ludlow finished at eight-over par with a score of 152.
2007 NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
April 2-3, 2007 • Tuscon, Arizona
Course: Omni Tuscon National Golf Club (Par 72 7,094 yards)
TOP FIVE TEAM SCORES: 1. Tulsa -12 (564), 2. Arizona State -10 (566), 3. Texas A&M -7 (569), 4. Texas Christian -5 (571), T5. Arizona -4 (572), T5. UCLA -4 (572)
TOP THREE INDIVIDUAL SCORES: 1. Ryan Henry, Tulsa -8 (136), T2. Benjamin Alvarado, Arizona State -5 (139), T2. Kevin Chappell, UCLA -5 (139)
KENT STATE INDIVIDUAL SCORES: T24. Peter Ahn +1 (145), T34. Tom Ballinger +2 (136), T63. Tommy Wiegand +6 (150), T66. Marc Bourgeois +7 (151), T71. David Ludlow +8 (152)
