Oct. 12, 2004
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - It took a tremendous third-round score by Memphis to overtake Miami University's golf team at the Missouri Bluffs Challenge. The RedHawks shot 281-286-284=851 to finish at one-under as a team, but Memphis fired a 273 in the final round to finish at 10-under as a team to win the tournament, jumping two spots in the final standings. Miami finished second in the 13-team field, bettering host Missouri by four shots.
Junior Matt Thomas (Blasdell, N.Y./Orchard Park) fired rounds of 70-68-67 to finish at eight-under par 205, but Andy Shiels (Memphis) shot 65 in the final round to tie Thomas and the two were co-individual medalists. This marked Thomas' first collegiate win.
Junior Ryan Swelin (Sundre, Alberta/Sundre) ended the tournament at one-under par 212 with rounds of 68-71-73 to tie for sixth place. Freshman Connor Doherty (Woodstock, Vt./Woodstock Union) carded a 70 in Tuesday's final round to finish at three-over par 216 and tie for 13th place. Junior Rob Davidge (Oxford, Ohio/Culver Academy) finished at seven-over par 220 to tie for 29th place, while junior Mike Calkin (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) finished in a tie for 39th place at 10-over par 223.
This was Miami's final tournament of the fall season. The RedHawks will resume play March 4-6 at the St. Croix Collegiate Classic.
Initial results indicated that Matt Thomas had finished second after a playoff. However, there was no playoff, and Thomas tied for first place and was the co-individual medalist.
1 Memphis, U. of 283 286 273 842 -10
2 Miami (Ohio) 281 286 284 851 -1
3 Missouri, U. of 284 283 288 855 +3
4 Lamar University 290 288 282 860 +8
5 Louisiana-Lafayette 291 285 293 869 +17
6 Drake University 291 286 296 873 +21
7 Austin Peay State U. 293 294 289 876 +24
8 SW Missouri St. U. 293 297 296 886 +34
9 Iowa State Univ. 301 291 301 893 +41
North Texas, U. of 296 292 305 893 +41
11 St. Louis University 296 306 296 898 +46
12 Arkansas State U. 297 297 311 905 +53
13 Loyola Marymount U. 308 303 298 909 +57
t-1 Matt Thomas 70 68 67 205 -8
t-6 Ryan Swelin 68 71 73 212 -1
t-13 Connor Doherty 72 74 70 216 +3
t-29 Rob Davidge 72 73 75 220 +7
t-39 Mike Calkin 71 78 74 223 +10
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