Kent State University
Aggie Invitational
Flashes slip to 7th-place tie in rain-soaked Aggie
4/6/2014 2:49:00 PM | Men's Golf
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – Kent State slipped into a tie for seventh place during Sunday's rain-soaked final round of the Aggie Invitational at the Traditions Club.
After beginning the day in fifth place, 11 shots behind the lead of LSU, just four shots behind No. 2 Oklahoma State and three shots ahead of No. 3 California, the 30th-ranked Golden Flashes shot a 20-over-par final round of 308 to join San Dan Diego State at 46-over-par for the tournament.
LSU ended up tying with host Texas A&M for the team championship 35-over par while Oklahoma State and California tied for fourth place at 42-over.
"I'm very disappointed in the amount of double and triple bogeys we made this week," said Kent State associate head coach Rob Wakeling. "We have a lot of work to do as we prepare for our last few tournaments and the Mid-American Conference Championship coming up. We will get back to practice on Tuesday to work on our weaknesses.
"There were a lot of tough pins out there, so pars were at a premium today. Unfortunately, we ended up with too many double bogeys or higher and not enough pars. It was a frustrating day."
Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith and Kody Fry all shot 76 in the final round on the 7,146-yard, par-72 home of the Texas A&M Aggies.
Conners had his round at 2-under through five holes, but a difficult finish forced the senior to settle for a 10th-place individual finish at 8-over-par.
After opening with bogeys at his first three holes, Pendrith played his next 14 in even par before closing with a bogey at 18. The senior finished in a tie for 16th place individually at 9-over par.
Fry posted his best round of the weekend, thanks to a 3-under-par stretch over the day's final five holes. The sophomore's fine finish included back-to-back birdie threes at the difficult 17th and 18th.
Sophomore Sebastian Bendsen and senior Kyle Kmiecik struggled to final rounds of 80 and 86, respectively.
Playing as an individual, Kent State freshman Josh Whalen posted a 3-over-par 75 that included five birdies. Conners, Pendrith, Kmiecik, Fry and Bendsen combined for just eight birdies, 24 bogeys and seven holes of double bogey or higher.
Kent State will travel to Ohio State University's Scarlet Course next week for the Robert Keppler Intercollegiate on April 12-13.
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| Course:Traditions Golf Club: Championship Tees Par 72 - 7146 Yards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| current position | team | scoring | rounds | total score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| to par | thru | today | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |
| +34 | F | +19 | 298 | 293 | 307 | 898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
| +36 | F | +20 | 297 | 295 | 308 | 900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |
| +39 | F | +18 | 302 | 295 | 306 | 903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T4 |
| +42 | F | +14 | 302 | 302 | 302 | 906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T4 |
| +42 | F | +20 | 300 | 298 | 308 | 906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
| +43 | F | +13 | 305 | 301 | 301 | 907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T7 |
| +46 | F | +20 | 305 | 297 | 308 | 910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T7 |
| +46 | F | +19 | 305 | 298 | 307 | 910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |
| +62 | 17 - 18 | +21 | 321 | 296 | - | 617 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |
| +63 | 17 - 18 | +20 | 316 | 303 | - | 619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |
| +74 | F | +33 | 304 | 313 | 321 | 938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |
| +83 | 17 - 18 | +32 | 328 | 299 | - | 627 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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