Sept. 27, 2011
Burlington, Iowa – All-American James White shot a 1-under-par 71 Tuesday to complete a top-20 finish, and 4th-ranked Georgia Tech shot a 6-over 294 to finish eighth in the Golfweek Conference Challenge at Spirit Hollow Golf Club.
White, a senior from Acworth, Ga., and Anders Albertson, a freshman from Woodstock, Ga., who shot a closing 75 Tuesday, tied for 18th place individually with two other golfers at 4-over-par 220, 11 shots behind medalist Stephen Jaeger of Chattanooga, who shot a 73 Tuesday for a 54-hole total of 7-under 209.
Sophomores Seth Reeves and Bo Andrews contributed a 73 and 75, respectively, Tuesday for the Yellow Jackets, who finished with a 25-over-par total of 889. Freshman Ollie Schniederjans closed with a 79.
Andrews finished tied for 31st at 223, Reeves tied for 56th at 230, and Schniederjans tied for 70th at 237.
We played better for most of the day,” said head coach Bruce Heppler. “We gave up six or seven shots coming in which cost us a couple of places. We have a lot of growing and learning ahead of us, lots of work to do before we leave for the Brickyard next week.”
Arkansas, which began the day in third place, posted a 3-under-par round of 285 and leaped past Chattanooga to win the tournament by seven shots at 5-under 859. The Moccasins (2-over 866) had led after each of the first two rounds. Oklahoma State finished third at 3-over 867, followed by New Mexico (11-over 875) and California (14-over 878).
Iowa, Ball State, Tech, New Mexico State and Tulsa finishes 5 through 10, followed by Kennesaw State, Southeastern Louisiana, North Texas, Xavier and UC Irvine.
Tech returns to action Oct. 7-9 at the Brickyard Collegiate in Macon, Ga.
GOLFWEEK CONFERENCE CHALLENGESpirit Hollow Golf Club, Burlington, Iowa
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS 1 Arkansas 280 294 285 859 -5 2 Chattanooga 279 291 296 866 +2 3 Oklahoma State 283 289 295 867 +3 4 New Mexico 289 291 295 875 +11 5 California 288 296 294 878 +14 6 Iowa 283 294 302 879 +15 7 Ball State 295 291 297 883 +19 8 Georgia Tech 294 301 294 889 +25 9 New Mexico State 301 296 293 890 +26 10 Tulsa 294 306 292 892 +28 11 Kennesaw State 293 302 299 894 +30 12 Southeastern Louisiana 293 310 293 896 +32 13 North Texas 297 305 303 905 +41 14 Xavier 299 314 295 908 +44 15 UC Irvine 298 314 303 915 +51
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Stephan Jaeger Chattanooga 67 69 73 209 -7 2 Josh Eure Arkansas 70 68 72 210 -6 3 Justin Shin New Mexico State 70 74 68 212 -4 T4 John Catlin New Mexico 68 74 72 214 -2 T4 Tyler Merkel Ball State 73 70 71 214 -2 T6 Kolton Crawford Arkansas 72 73 70 215 -1 T6 Sean Einhaus Oklahoma State 68 69 78 215 -1 T8 James Erkenbeck New Mexico 74 68 74 216 E T8 Max Homa California 71 74 71 216 E T8 Gaston De La Torre New Mexico State 72 72 72 216 E
