May 4, 2008

MAC Championships Day 3 

NASHPORT, Ohio--Three RedHawks each fired a 73 in the in the fourth round on Sunday to spearhead Miami's University's golf team to its best round at the Mid-American Conference Golf Championships held at Longaberger Golf Club. The RedHawks shot 301-303-306-296=1206 to place sixth at the MAC Championships hosted by Eastern Michigan University. Three strokes separated fourth and sixth place, and a disqualification dropped the RedHawks from fourth to sixth.

Freshman Michael Drobnick paced the RedHawks, finishing in 17th place at 11-over-par 299. Drobnick shot 73-78-75-73=299 for the tournament.

Junior Ben Bastel also shot a 73 in the fourth round, his best round of the tournament. Bastel shot 78-75-77-73=303 to finish in 20th place at 15-over. Junior Ben Wood also carded a 73 in the final round for his is best round of the tournament. Wood shot 77-82-76-73=308 to finish in 28th place at 20-over.

Junior Mark Robinson also posted his best round of the tournament, carding a 77 in the fourth round for the RedHawks. For the tournament, Robinson shot 78-78-80-77=313 to tie for 37th place at 25-over.

Freshman Nathan Sutherland, who had shot a 70 in the final round and led the RedHawks through the entire tournament, was disqualified in the final round for inadvertently turning in a scorecard that had not been signed by his playing partner. Had his score counted, the RedHawks would have shot 289 in the fourth round and finished in fourth place with a four-round score of 1199.

17   Michael Drobnick   73-78-75-73=299
20   Ben Bastel         78-75-77-73=303
28   Ben Wood           77-82-76-73=308
t-37 Mark Robinson      78-78-80-77=313
--   Nathan Sutherland  73-72-78-D=D

1 Eastern Michigan      296-288-299-288=1171
2 Kent State            302-284-293-293=1172
3 Ball State            297-301-296-300=1194
4 Toledo                306-310-294-293=1203
5 Akron                 299-305-299-301=1204
6 Miami                 301-303-306-296=1206
7 Ohio                  294-299-308-306=1207
8 Bowling Green         303-304-305-298=1210
9 Northern Illinois     299-305-305-307=1216