Arkansas Finishes Fourth at Gary Koch Intercol


TAMPA, Fla. - The Razorback golf team concluded the Gary Koch Intercollegiate in fourth place with a one-under-par 863 after starting the day in the runner-up position. No. 23 Arkansas posted a score of 296 in the final round to go with their first and second round scores of 282 and 285, respectively.
"We never got much going through the final round," Arkansas head coach Mike Ketcham said. "Conditions were more windy today and they moved the tees back slightly. The bottom line is we made too many mistakes on the greens."
At the end of the day UA found itself in the company of some of the nations' top teams. Seventh-ranked Georgia Tech held onto its lead and took the tournament title with a score of 842 and 22 under par. Top-ranked Florida came in second (857), and No. 6 TCU was third (860). Florida's Matt Every won the individual trophy with an 11-under-par 205.
"This tournament was a wonderful experience and we got to play two of the best teams in the nation: Georgia Tech and Florida," Ketcham said. "I'm disappointed we couldn't hold on to second place, but this is definitely going to help us in the long run. We learned that if we eliminate all the small mistakes we can play with the best teams in the country. I like where we're at, but we need to get better and we will."
Arkansas senior Seth Murphy stayed solid to tie for sixth place after he shot a 73 in the third round to give him a total score of 211 (-5) after going 71 and 67 in the first and second rounds, respectively. Murphy's performance marked his second top-10 finish in as many tournaments. On October 7, the Athens, Texas native tied for third at the Club Glove Intercollegiate in Somis, Calif.
"Seth continues to play well," Ketcham said. "I'm really proud of his achievements this season. The two true freshmen played well and this gives them great experience. Andrew Dahl needs to get back to where he should be, but he's a fighter and he'll get there before the season is over."
Freshman Beau Glover posted his first top 25 finish as a Razorback when he tied for 21st with a two-over-par 218. Glover fired a 76 in the third round after shooting a 70 in the first and 72 in the second round.
Senior Andrew Dahl, sophomore Paul Bradshaw and freshman Matt Bortis all tied with each other for 32nd place. The trio registered a final score of 221 and five-over-par. After carding first and second round scores of 68 and 73, respectively, Dahl put up 80 in the final round.
Bradshaw shot season-low 73's in the second and third rounds and 75 in the first. Bortis also duplicated his second and third round scores with 74, and shot a 75 in the first. The Gary Koch Intercollegiate was his first tournament to compete in as a Razorback.
Next week the Razorbacks will wrap up their fall campaign when they travel to Baton Rouge, La., for the Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate on October 26-28.

Results:
 FINAL RESULTS Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Inter Old Memorial G.C. Tampa, FL Dates: 10/20 - 10/21 (Today:10-21-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7036 Fin. School Scores 1 Georgia Tech 272 283 287 842 -22 2 Florida, U. of 276 292 289 857 -7 3 TCU 281 289 290 860 -4 4 Arkansas, U. of 282 285 296 863 -1 5 Kentucky, U. of 285 291 291 867 +3 6 Georgia State Univ. 289 285 298 872 +8 7 Louisiana State U. 283 287 307 877 +13 8 UCF 294 294 298 886 +22 9 Florida State Univ. 292 291 304 887 +23 10 North Carolina State 293 289 307 889 +25 11 North Florida, U. of 299 293 298 890 +26 12 So. Florida, U. of 296 290 309 895 +31 Alabama, U. of 295 298 302 895 +31 14 Charleston, Coll. of 283 304 309 896 +32 15 Mississippi, U. of 295 297 306 898 +34 FINAL RESULTS Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Inter * Individual Old Memorial G.C. Tampa, FL Dates: 10/20 - 10/21 (Today:10-21-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7036 Fin. Name School Scores 1 Matt Every Florida 69 70 66 205 -11 2 Roberto Castro Ga. Tech 68 70 70 208 -8 3 Fernando Mechereffe NC State 69 67 73 209 -7 Adam Meyer TCU 68 69 72 209 -7 John Assey Charleston 67 68 74 209 -7 6 Seth Murphy Arkansas 71 67 73 211 -5 Nicholas Thompson Ga. Tech 67 69 75 211 -5 8 Colby Beckstrom TCU 66 74 72 212 -4 9 Heath West LSU 68 72 73 213 -3 Mark Blakefield Kentucky 67 75 71 213 -3 Kevin Larsen Ga. Tech 67 70 76 213 -3 12 John Holmes Kentucky 73 69 72 214 -2 13 Jonathan Fricke Georgia St 71 75 69 215 -1 Andreas Hoegberg UCF 72 71 72 215 -1 Jessie Mudd Florida 65 76 74 215 -1 16 Stefan Wistorf UCF 73 72 71 216 E Lars Brovold Alabama 75 68 73 216 E Chan Wongluekiet Ga. Tech 70 77 69 216 E 19 Matt Adcock Florida St 72 72 73 217 +1 Ty Harris Georgia St 74 68 75 217 +1 21 Matt Kohn Kentucky 74 72 72 218 +2 Beau Glover Arkansas 70 72 76 218 +2 23 Kasper Jorgenson Georgia St 72 71 76 219 +3 Camilo Villegas Florida 70 71 78 219 +3 Garrett Prather LSU 69 75 75 219 +3 Thomas Jordan Ga. Tech 72 74 73 219 +3 27 John Limanti N. Florida 74 75 71 220 +4 J.J. Killeen TCU 74 75 71 220 +4 Michael Young N. Florida 72 74 74 220 +4 Ryan Shears USF 76 68 76 220 +4 Mark Sestilio Florida St 73 70 77 220 +4 32 Andrew Dahl Arkansas 68 73 80 221 +5 Paul Bradshaw Arkansas 75 73 73 221 +5 Matt Bordis Arkansas 73 74 74 221 +5 35 Chris Rogers Ole Miss 73 72 77 222 +6 Pope Spruiell Ole Miss 73 72 77 222 +6 James Vargas Florida 74 76 72 222 +6 *Ryan Cochran Florida 74 69 79 222 +6 39 Rusty Mosley Florida St 72 75 76 223 +7 Oscar Fraustro USF 72 72 79 223 +7 B.K. Suhr N. Florida 77 71 75 223 +7 42 Wesley Horne NC State 76 72 76 224 +8 Stewart Whitt Alabama 72 73 79 224 +8 Duke Butler Florida 72 75 77 224 +8 45 Jeff Reimann LSU 72 71 82 225 +9 46 Stephen Lewton NC State 76 72 78 226 +10 Drew Pigg TCU 73 78 75 226 +10 Jarrod Gardner Ole Miss 75 75 76 226 +10 Chris Black USF 77 72 77 226 +10 Matt Wells Kentucky 71 79 76 226 +10 Jake Shaw LSU 77 72 77 226 +10 Darren Baynes Georgia St 77 71 78 226 +10 53 Clint Provost Alabama 75 77 75 227 +11 Tyler Brown N. Florida 76 73 78 227 +11 55 Barry Roof UCF 75 76 77 228 +12 Lance Walker Alabama 73 80 75 228 +12 Jeff Marcinowski TCU 80 71 77 228 +12 58 Brad Quiri USF 73 78 78 229 +13 Callum Macaulay Ole Miss 75 78 76 229 +13 60 Kellen Altman Charleston 70 84 76 230 +14 Alan Beers Florida St 75 77 78 230 +14 Dustin Barr Charleston 73 75 82 230 +14 Ben Taylor Georgia St 72 76 82 230 +14 64 Brandon Waldrop Kentucky 75 75 81 231 +15 Jeremy Sims USF 75 78 78 231 +15 *Steven Bain UCF 76 78 77 231 +15 67 Brad Lusenhop Florida St 76 74 82 232 +16 Sonny Nimkhum UCF 74 75 83 232 +16 69 Adam Grodhaus Charleston 73 79 81 233 +17 Garrett Runion LSU 74 72 87 233 +17 *Jack Hudson Kentucky 75 75 83 233 +17 72 Kyle Ellis Ole Miss 74 78 82 234 +18 73 Matt LeConche UCF 80 78 78 236 +20 74 Austin Hynson Alabama 75 85 79 239 +23 Rodney Thomas NC State 77 82 80 239 +23 76 John Carter NC State 72 78 90 240 +24 77 Matt Torrance N. Florida 78 81 82 241 +25 78 Wesley Carter Charleston 82 82 78 242 +26