Tulsa
Notre Dame Invitational
Tulsa Golfers Finish in 11th Place at Notre Dame Invitational
9/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 19, 2004
Notre Dame, Indiana - A young Tulsa men's golf team showed improvement in each round at the Notre Dame Invitational over the weekend. Tulsa finished the tournament in 11th place with a 54-hole total of 909 on the par-70 Warren Golf Course.
Tulsa improved 10 strokes from round one to two, and another four strokes from Saturday's round to Sunday's final round. The Hurricane, made up of all sophomores at this season-opening tournament, carded rounds of 311-301 and finished up with a 297 score.
Brett Myers continued his steady play with a four-over par score of 74 on the final day to finish with a 223 total. Myers finished in 19th place overall, which is his best career finish as a collegian.
Sam Korbe also carded a 74 on Sunday and ended the tournament with a 231 total to finish in 47th place. Ryan Henry and Tully Coyle tied for 56th place with 233 scores. Today, Coyle bounced back from yesterday's round of 88 to fire the best round of the tournament for the Hurricane with an even-par 70. Henry counted a 79 today, while Mitch Cohlmia's 241 total rounded out Tulsa's scores.
Kent State led from start to finish to claim the team title with an 871 total, while Michigan State finished two strokes behind in second place with an 873 total. Rounding out the top-five teams were Texas Tech (888), Colorado (889) and Indiana (890).
Kent State's Ryan Yipp won the individual medalist title with a 209 score, a five-stroke win over the second-place competitor.
Tulsa is in action next at the Franklin Street Partners Invitational, Oct. 8-10, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Team Scores 1. Kent State 287-293-291=871 2. Michigan State 294-298-281=873 3. Texas Tech 296-297-295=888 4. Colorado 298-293-298=889 5. Indiana 304-294-292=890 6. Notre dame 299-299-294=892 7. Xavier 306-294-296=896 Texas A&M 303-298-295=896 9. Northwestern 309-300-298=907 10. Arkansas 305-312-291=908 11. Tulsa 311-301-297=909 12. SMU 321-291-299=911 13. Missouri 310-301-307=918 14. Toledo 311-312-302=925 15. Iowa State 310-309-312=931Top-5 Individuals 1. Ryan Yip, Kent State 68-72-69=209 2. Jeff Overton, Indiana 78-70-66=214 Andrew Ruthkoski, Michigan State 75-71-68=214 4. Cole Isban, Notre Dame 72-76-68=216 Robert Gates, Texas A&M 73-71-72=216 Shaun Melville, Texas Tech 73-71-72=216
Tulsa Scores T19 Brett Myers 76-73-74=223 T47 Sam Korbe 80-77-74=231 T56 Ryan Henry 81-73-79=233 T56 Tully Coyle 75-88-70=233 74 Mitch Cohlmia 80-78-83=241
