TCU Finishes Eighth at Shenkel Invitational
3/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
STATESBORO, Ga. (Mar. 27) - TCU placed eighth in a 15-team field at the Shenkel Invitational. Georgia ran away from the field at the in Statesboro, Ga., winning the event by 17 strokes over Clemson.
TCU golfers performed well at the event. Led by junior Aaron Hickman (Palestine, Texas/Palestine HS), TCU shot a three-round 870, six strokes over par. Hickman was the top TCU finisher in 23rd place, with a three-round total of even par, 216. Two Frogs tied for 32nd place with a 219. The scorecards of sophomores Bret Guetz (Littleton, Colo/Mullen HS) and Andy Doeden (Fargo, N.D./Shanley HS) look very similar as each recorded a 72-71-76-219 score. Freshman Jamie Kellam (Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville HS) recorded his best individual placing of the season. Kellam placed 48th with a 222 total. Junior Sal Spallone (Vero Beach, Fla./St. Edward's Acad.) placed 50th, with a total of 223.
Georgia junior Bubba Watson claimed medalist honors, scrambling his way to a round of two-under 70 and a three-day total of 13 under, 203. Watson held off North Carolina's Max Harris, who finished just two shots back at 11-under 205.
The Frogs hectic spring season continues. TCU travels to Los Cabos, Mexico, to take part in the U.S. Collegiate on April 7-9.
Shenkel Invitational
Forest Heights C.C.6,945 yard, par 72
FINAL RESULTS
Team Standings1. Georgia 270-274-285 - 829 (-35)2. Clemson 283-281-282 - 846 (-18)3. North Carolina St. 289-270-293 - 852 (-12)4. Florida 282-279-300 - 861 (- 3) Duke 285-281-295 - 861 (- 3)6. Augusta State 288-284-293 - 865 (+ 1)7. South Carolina 288-286-295 - 869 (+ 5)8. TCU 290-293-297 - 870 (+ 6)9. Northwestern 295-284-293 - 872 (+ 8)10. North Carolina 295-283-295 - 873 (+ 9)11. LSU 290-287-299 - 876 (+12)12. East Tenn. St. 291-296-292 - 879 (+15)13. Tennessee 292-286-302 - 880 (+16)14. Georgia Southern 290-291-301 - 882 (+18)15. Ohio State 293-296-297 - 886 (+22)Individual Results1. Bubba Watson, Georgia 66-67-70 - 203 (-13)2. Max Harris, North Carolina 70-65-70 - 205 (-11)3. Nick Cassini, Georgia 66-68-73 - 207 (- 9)4. Matt Krauss, Duke 70-68-70 - 208 (- 8)5. Carl Pettersson, N.C. State 72-67-71 - 210 (- 6) Luke Donald, Northwestern 70-68-72 - 210 (- 6) Erik Compton, Georgia 70-70-70 - 210 (- 6) Luke Glover, Clemson 72-68-70 - 210 (- 6) Michael Maness, South Carolina 72-70-68 - 210 (- 6) John Engler, Clemson 69-73-68 - 210 (- 6)11. Michael Morrison, Georgia 68-69-74 - 211 (- 5)12. Jeremy Wilkinson, LSU 70-73-69 - 212 (- 4) Jamie Elson, Augusta State 69-71-72 - 212 (- 4) Camilo Benedetti, Florida 68-72-72 - 212 (- 4) Jonathan Byrd, Clemson 70-71-71 - 212 (- 4)16. Mark Tullo, N.C. State 72-67-74 - 213 (- 3) Taylor Walsh, Florida 70-68-75 - 213 (- 3)18. D.J. Trahan, Clemson 72-67-74 - 213 (- 3) Derrick Centers, Tennessee 73-67-75 - 215 (- 1) Kyle Thompson, South Carolina 71-69-75 - 215 (- 1) Oliver Wilson, Augusta State 73-70-72 - 215 (- 1) Chris Mundorf, N.C. State 72-67-76 - 215 (- 1)23. Aaron Hickman, TCU 74-69-73 - 216 ( E ) Marc Turnesa, N.C. State 73-69-74 - 216 ( E )25. Matt Stroud, Georgia Southern 73-72-72 - 217 (+ 1) Leif Olson, Duke 71-71-75 - 217 (+ 1)Other TCU Finishers32t. Bret Guetz 72-71-76 - 219 (+ 3)32t. Andy Doeden 72-71-76 - 219 (+ 3)48t. Jamie Kellam 77-73-72 - 222 (+ 6)50t. Sal Spallone 72-72-79 - 223 (+ 7)
