MC Golf Finishes in 3rd at Andrews CC College/Amateur

Luke Richardson

From Forrest Allen
MC Athletic Director

The MC golf team finished in third place at the 2011 Andrews Country Club Collegiate/Amateur Invitational. The 36-hole, two day event was played at the Andrews Country Club (Par 71, 6356 yard course) and featured a six team field, including WJCAC teams Midland College, New Mexico Junior College, New Mexico Military Institute, Odessa College, Western Texas College as well as McLennan Community College from the NTJCAC. Midland College had hopes of improving upon their finish in the opening tournament of the season, a fourth place finish last week at the High Country Shootout (Ruidoso, NM).


Richie Farmer

After posting an opening round 277 the young Chaparrals found themselves in fifth place. However the team rebounded in the second round, shooting a team score of 270 despite the very challenging pin placement on the second day. Midland's Luke Richardson and Richie Farmer set the standard for the rest of the team, each recording a 36-hole total of 136 which was good for a 5th place tie at the tournament. Richardson and Farmer's 136 was only two strokes behind the four-way tie for medalist honors.

Team Scores:
1st: Western Texas College, 276-264--540 (-28)
2nd: Odessa College, 266-278--544 (-24)
3rd: Midland College, 277-270--547 (-21)
4th: McLennan Community College, 271-289--560 (-8)
5th: New Mexico Junior College, 275-287--562 (-6)
6th: New Mexico Military Institute, 307-305--612 (+44)


Individual Scores (Top Five and Midland College):
T-1st: Chris Bell, Odessa College, 65-69--134
T-1st: Jamie Warman, Odessa College, 67-67--134
T-1st: Kyle Lucas, Western Texas College, 70-64--134
T-1st: Mathias Boesmans, Western Texas College, 67-67--134
T-5th: Luke Richardson, Midland College, 70-66--136
T-5th: Richie Farmer, Midland College, 67-69--136
T-5th: Matthew Whittaker, Western Texas College, 71-65--136
T-8th: Tyson Turnbow, Midland College, 70-67--137
T-22nd: Blake Broroman, Midland College, 77-68--145
T-26th: Stephen Gage, Midland College, 70-76--146
30th: Sean Lawrie, Midland College, 74-76--150


Next Scheduled Event:
Odessa College Invitational (Odessa, TX), October 12-14 at the Odessa Country Club Links Course.