Feb 17, 2009

Cowboys Place Fifth In Season Opening Tournament


KERVILLE, Texas — Hardin-Simmons’ men’s golf team opened its spring season with a fifth place finish at the Schreiner Spring Shootout on Tuesday afternoon at the par-72, 7,056-yard Comanche Trace Golf Course in Kerrville.

The Cowboys shot 326 in the second round, matching its first round total for a 652 team score. Texas Pan American won the event with a 605. McMurry was second at 614, Texas Lutheran was third with a 633 and Schreiner shot a 648, good for fourth place.

HSU’s five players finished in the same order as round one and all were within one stroke of the first round. Aaron Bradshaw led the way with a 78-77-155 to tie for seventh place. Kelci Gonzales shot a 79-78-157 good for a tie of ninth place. Adam Parker shot 83-84-167, Brian Laing shot 86-87-173 and Blaine King shot a pair of 88’s for a 176.

Armen Kirakossian of UTPA shot 70-72 to win the medalist race.

HSU will next be in action March 9-10 at the Texas Lutheran Invitational.


5 Hardin-Simmons Univ. 326 326 652
T 7 Aaron Bradshaw 78 77 155
T 9 Kelci Gonzales 79 78 157
27 Adam Parker 83 84 167
T 36 Brian Laing 86 87 173
T 38 Blaine King 88 88 176

Teams Scores
1 Texas Pan American 300 305 605
2 McMurry 302 312 614
3 Texas Lutheran 315 318 633
4 Schreiner 325 323 648
5 Hardin-Simmons 326 326 652
6 LeTourneau 331 322 653
7 Concordia U. (TX) 345 325 670
8 Texas A&M Internat. 357 335 692

Top 10 Players
1 Armen Kirakossian UTPA 70 72 142
2 Shane Pearce UTPA 73 75 148
3 Larry Courtney McMurry 74 76 150
4 Andrew Long TX Luthern 77 75 152
5 Tyler Becker McMurry 74 79 153
6 Joel Thelan LeTourneau 80 74 154
7 A.J. Gonzalez UTPA 78 77 155
Aaron Bradshaw HSU 78 77 155
9 Kelci Gonzales HSU 79 78 157
David Buchheit McMurry 79 78 157