SUGAR LAND – The East Texas A&M University men's golf team closed out the Colin Montgomerie Invitational in a tie for 11^th place on Tuesday at the Sweetwater Country Club.
 
The Lions shot a 913 as a team in the three-round tournament and tied with Missouri State for 11^th in the 14-team tournament. New Mexico Junior College picked up a two-stroke win over Abilene Christian with a team score of 866.
 
"This week was a tough week from start to finish," said director of golf Brian Dolehide. "We have lots of work to be done, but I'm confident we will be back on track next week at UTRGV."
 
Cooper Watt (Rockford, Ill.) was the top finisher for the Lions with a three-round score of 220 (73-71-76) to tie for 16^th place, Nicke Kaajavirta (Kajaani, Finland) tied for 26^th with a score of 223 (79-71-73), and Blake Taylor (Mansfield) tied for 66^th with a score of 236 (75-77-84). Matt Walters (Ballito, South Africa) finished in a tie for 71^st with a score of 237 (75-80-82) and Janis Erll (Lich, Germany) took 74^th with a score of 240 (79-79-82).
 
On the individual leaderboard, New Mexico Junior College's Elias Pettersson won the medal by one stroke over UIW's Joe Buenfeld with a score of 210.
 

Pos	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	NMJC	291	287	288	866
2	Abilene Christian	285	287	296	868
3	UIW	291	291	291	873
4	HCU	290	295	292	877
5	Southeastern Louisiana	294	304	288	886
6	North Dakota	288	303	296	887
7	PVAMU	300	299	292	891
8	Nicholls	305	296	298	899
9	Texas Southern	304	290	309	903
10	Weber State	289	312	306	907
T11	Missouri State	301	300	312	913
T11	EAST TEXAS A&M	302	298	313	913
13	Blinn College	300	305	313	918
14	Central Michigan	306	325	303	934

 

T11	EAST TEXAS A&M	302	298	313	913
T16	Cooper Watt	73	71	76	220
T26	Nicke Kaajavirta	79	71	73	223
T66	Blake Taylor	75	77	84	236
T71	Matt Walters	75	80	82	237
74	Janis Erll	79	79	82	240

 
UP NEXT
The Lions continue the three-week stretch of tournaments next Monday-Tuesday at the UTRGV Match Play in Edinburg.