Michigan State University
Border Olympics
Men's Golf Finishes 15th At Border Olympics
4/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 3, 2004
LAREDO, Texas - Michigan State men's golf finished in 15th place at the 53rd annual Border Olympics on Saturday, April 3. This year's tournament is being held at the par 72, 7,125-yard Laredo Country Club.
The Spartans shot a three-round total of 893 (297-290-306), including a 290 in Friday's afternoon session.
SMU, which led the 17-team field heading into Saturday' final round, earned the team title with an 852 (282-276-294), while Baylor was second with an 859 (286-283-290). BYU (862), Colorado State (866) and San Diego State (869) rounded out the top five teams.
Individually, junior Andrew Ruthkoski (Muskegon, Mich.) paced the Spartans as he finished tied for 12th with a 215 (70-70-75). Colorado State's Martin Laird took medalist honors after shooting a 207 (68-68-71).
Freshman Matt Harmon (Grand Rapids, Mich.) finished 41st with a 222 (75-72-75). Senior Ben Fox (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and red-shirt freshman Zac Zedrick (Danville, Ill.) tied for 69th with a 229. Fox shots rounds of 75-77-77, while Zedrick posted rounds of 77-73-79.
Rounding out the Spartan line-up is senior Casey Lubahn (Sand Lake, Mich.), who placed 92nd after shooting a 242 (87-75-80).
MSU returns to action at the Boilermaker Invitational April 10-11.
53rd Border OlympicsLaredo Country Club (Laredo, Texas)April 2-3, 2004
Final Team StandingsPlace Name Scores1 SMU 852 (282-276-294)2 Baylor 859 (286-283-290)3 BYU 862 (290-282-290)4 Colorado State 866 (291-285-290)5 San Diego State 869 (287-286-296)6 Arkansas 872 (293-284-295)7 Texas A&M 875 (296-282-297)8 Texas Tech 876 (290-288-298)9 Lamar 877 (289-285-303)T10 Texas-Arlington 881 (299-290-292)T10 North Texas 881 (289-298-294)T12 Southern La. 890 (291-298-301)T12 Texas-San Antonio 890 (302-292-296)14 Houston 892 (292-295-305)15 Michigan State 893 (297-290-306)16 Rice 901 (290-304-307)17 Texas State 908 (301-298-309)
Final Top 10 Individual ResultsPlace Name, School Scores1 Martin Laird, CSU 207 (68-68-71)T2 Ryan Baca, Baylor 208 (69-71-68)T2 Jerad Harklau, SMU 208 (65-69-74)T4 Chris Stroud, Lamar 210 (69-70-71)T4 Oscar Alvarez, BYU 210 (73-68-69)6 Greg Machtaler, BYU 211 (70-69-72)T7 Zach Mowbray, Houston 212 (71-69-72)T7 Aaron Choi, SDSU 212 (68-73-71)9 Will Dodson, SMU 213 (72-66-74)T10 David Tasker, Texas A&M 214 (71-70-73)T10 Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech 214 (70-70-74)
Final MSU Individual StandingsAndrew Ruthkoski 70-70-75=215 (tied for 12th)Matt Harmon 75-72-75=222 (tied for 41st)Ben Fox 75-77-77=229 (tied for 69th)Zac Zedrick 77-73-79=229 (tied for 69th)Casey Lubahn 87-75-80=242 (92nd)
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