Men's Golf Takes Fifth at Tucker Intercollegiate

Sept. 16, 2002

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Texas Tech men's golf team shot rounds of 293-288-295-876 over the weekend to take fifth-place honors at the 48th Annual William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, N.M. Tournament host, the University of New Mexico (281-288-295-864), claimed both the team and individual titles.

Senior Brooks Kelly fired a one-under-par 71 (75-72-71-218) in Saturday's final round to tie for 14th and picked up his fourth career top 20 and first of the season. Junior Brad Jacobson also fared well after rounds of 71-73-76-220, finishing in a five-way tie for 22nd.

Freshman Andrew Dresser tied with three other players in 27th place after shooting rounds of 74-69-78-221, while fellow teammate Casey Jones competed in his first tournament as a Red Raider and finished with a 75-74-74-223 to tie for 38th. Senior Mark Hull sits in a six-way tie for 49th after a three-round total of 225 (73-78-74).

Tech will take a three-week break before traveling Oct. 7-8 to the Nestle' Purina Classic in St. Charles, Mo., hosted by Big 12 rival University of Missouri.

Top Five Teams1. University of New Mexico     8642. University of Nevada-Las Vegas   8693. University of Arizona        8744. San Diego State University       8755. Texas Tech University     876

Top Five Individuals1. Michael Letzig (UNM)         2072. Ryan Moore (UNLV)            2103. Ricky Barnes (Arizona)       214Michael Jurgensen (Oregon State)    214Dan Swanson (UTEP)          214

Texas Tech Individual StandingsT14. Brooks Kelly  218T22. Brad Jacobson    220T27. Andrew Dresser 221T38. Casey Jones    223T49. Mark Hull        225

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Men's Golf Takes Fifth at Tucker Intercollegiate

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