JONESBORO, Ark. – The Texas A&M University-Commerce men's golf team took 10^th in the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate on Tuesday at Ridgepointe Country Club, which was the first competition of the fall.
 
The Lions were led by Blake Taylor (Mansfield), who tied for 21^st with a score of 214 (71-73-70), Sam Benson (Gilmer – New Diana) climbed to tie for 27^th with a score of 215 (77-68-70), Cooper Watt (Rockford, Ill.) tied for 48^th with a score of 221 (71-75-75), while Nicke Kaajavirta (Kajaani, Finland) tied for 59^th place with a score of 225 (74-77-74), and Balint Zavaczki (Nyíregyháza, Hungary) took 84^th place with a score of 252 (82-78-92).
 
"I was impressed and proud of our improvements each round this week. We struggled with help on the back end, so it put pressure on the counting scores to keep pushing for birdies and we were able to do just that," said Director of Golf Brian Dolehide. "We're looking forward to making a few adjustments and getting back at it in a few weeks!"
 
Arkansas State won the team crown by 15 strokes over Oklahoma Christian, posting a score of 822. The Redwolves' Thomas Schmidt was the individual medalist with a score of 197 (67-65-65), five better than any golfer in the field.
 
UP NEXT
The Lions are off next week and return to action on October 14-15 at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate at New Mexico State.
 

Pos.	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Arkansas State	277	271	274	822
2	Oklahoma Christian	277	283	277	837
T3	Jacksonville State	278	283	286	847
T3	Austin Peay	279	280	288	847
5	Texas State	285	274	291	850
T6	UT-Martin	276	299	288	863
T6	Southern Indiana	292	280	291	863
8	New Orleans	295	288	289	872
9	Lindenwood	295	287	291	873
10	A&M-COMMERCE	293	293	289	875
T11	Murray State	289	292	297	878
T11	Nicholls	293	292	293	878
13	Southeastern	297	292	290	879
14	Eastern Illinois	283	308	303	894
15	Evansville	295	296	307	898

 

10	A&M-COMMERCE	293	293	289	875
T21	Blake Taylor	71	73	70	214
T27	Sam Benson	77	68	70	215
T48	Cooper Watt	71	75	75	221
T59	Nicke Kaajavirta	74	77	74	225
84	Balint Zavaczki	82	78	92	252