Men's Golf Battles But Slips Late And Finishes 10th In Racer Intercollegiate

RESULTS
 
MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State Men's Golf Team competed in the Racer Intercollegiate on Apr. 6-7, finishing 10^th out of 15 competing teams.

The tournament took place in Paducah, Ky., over the par-72, 7,014-yard Country Club of Paducah Golf Course. Morehead State posted a final score of 291-290-302—883 (+19). The course proved to be challenging to many. 81 of 92 competing individuals finished +1 or higher. All teams finished +1 or higher except for the winning program, Chattanooga. Chattanooga finished with an outstanding score of -19, which was 20 strokes in front of the next closest team.
 
Round one was very consistent in terms of the performances from each individual golfer. Senior Logan Liles and Junior Remy Stalcup lead the Eagles, shooting even after the first 18 holes. Liles and Stalcup combined for 5 birdies on the final four holes to round out the first round for the Eagles. All Morehead State golfers shot even, one over par, or two over par through round one, including (Ind.) Mitchell Gastright.  
 
Round two is when everything started to shift in the opposite direction. At one point, five of the Eagles' six golfers were all tied for 27^th, one stroke behind Logan Liles who was in the top 15. Sophomore Seamus Bogan had the best round two, shooting three under par and leading the Eagles at the end of day one. Sophomore Gavin Augenstein and Senior Logan McCormick shot a score of 73 in round two, finishing one over par and following closely behind Bogan.
 
Round three was the team's most challenging day, knocking them back four spots in the team leader board. Gavin Augenstein put forth another good round, shooting even after his four birdies on the back nine.
 
 Gavin Augenstein rose 12 spots on the final day to lead the Eagles, finishing tied for 22^nd with a final score of 73-73-72—218. Seamus Bogan was a stroke behind, tying for 24^th with a score of 74-69-76—219. Logan Liles finished tied for 39^th, shooting 72-75-75—222. Logan McCormick (74-73-79—226), Remy Stalcup (72-76-83—231) and (Ind.) Mitchell Gastright (73-80-82—235) also competed.
 
The Eagles finished third in total birdies (45). Gavin Augenstein finished tied for 6^th in Par 4 scoring average (3.97). Augenstein also finished tied for 2^nd in the tournament in total birdies with 13. Augenstein has now been the leader for the Eagles on back to back tournaments. 

The Eagles are back in action at the Carpenter-Chaney Classic in Paris, Ky., on Apr. 11.