Golfers Finish 14th at Barona Collegiate Cup

Monday, October 21

Lakeside, Calif.

All Day

University of Louisville

at Barona Collegiate Cup

October 23, 2002 | Men's Golf

Oct. 23, 2002

Sophomores Mark Anderson and Brett Jones both finished among the top 30 players in a field which included eight of the nation's top 100 individual players, however, the duo's supporting cast could not come through in the final round as the University of Louisville golfers finished 14th out of 17 teams at the Barona Collegiate Cup presented by Callaway Golf and hosted by San Diego State University at the Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, Calif.

Anderson, who entered the final round tied for 14th-place, six strokes off the pace with a three-under-par 141 (70-71), fell back with a two-over 74 on Tuesday to finish tied for 21st-place with a one-under 215. The Sioux Falls, S.D. native, who earlier this season logged a fourth-place finish at the U of L Cardinal Intercollegiate, is developing into a solid one-two punch with Jones, the 2002 Conference USA Freshman of the Year.

Coming off an impressive freshman campaign in which he ranked second on the team to school record-holder Grant Sturgeon with a 73.76 stroke average, Jones has been consistent early this season. The Paducah native logged three top 10 finishes in each of the season's first three events and managed to salvage a 27-place finish at the Barona Cup with a one-under 71 in Tuesday's final round to finish with a one-over 217 (72-74-71).

Playing in just his third collegiate event, Will Hanna, a freshman from The Woodlands, Tex., entered the final round at one-over with a two-round 145 (72-73), but fell the pace with a final-round 76 to finish tied for 50th at 221. Also showing promise playing in his first collegiate event was freshman Brent Holmes, who finished tied for 61st-place. The Glen Carbon, Ill., native also fired a final-round 76 after carding a 73 and 74 on the event's opening day.

Sophomore Charlie Woo continues to struggle to regain the swing which saw him claim victories in two of Canada's biggest amateur events over the summer as he finished tied for 74th-place with a three-round 227 (74-77-76).

U of L entered the final round tied with Nevada and Texas A&M for 11th-place at three-over-par 579, however, the Cards' final-round 297 dropped them back to 14th-place, 30 strokes off the pace set by champion and host school San Diego State (846).

The Cardinals will complete the fall season at the Baylor Invitational in Waco, Tex., October 28-29.

        Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores         1   San Diego State U.       276  289  281    846         2   Denver, U. of            277  282  293    852         3   Colorado State Univ.     283  290  281    854             Brigham Young Univ.      284  281  289    854         5   New Mexico, U. of        284  286  287    857         6   California, U. of        283  286  289    858         7   Ohio State Univ.         287  290  284    861         8   Texas A&M University     291  288  285    864         9   Texas El Paso, U. of     290  287  289    866             SDSU Red Team            294  277  295    866        11   Nevada, Univ. of         285  294  293    872        12   Fresno State Univ.       286  287  300    873        13   Washington State U.      289  294  291    874        14   Louisville, U. of        287  292  297    876        15   N. Car.- Greensboro      289  297  293    879        16   Texas-San Antonio        295  293  300    888        17   Hawaii, Univ. of         296  303  295    894

        14   Louisville, U. of        287  292  297    876      T 21    Mark Anderson            70   71   74    215      T 27    Brett Jones              72   74   71    217      T 50    Will Hanna               72   73   76    221      T 61    Brent Holmes             73   74   76    223      T 74    Charlie Woo              74   77   76    227