Wolverines Finish Tied for 13th at Puerto Rico Classic

Tuesday, February 23

Rio Grande, P.R.

7:30 AM AT

Michigan

Puerto Rico Classic

Wolverines Finish Tied for 13th at Puerto Rico Classic

2/23/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Feb. 23, 2010

• Notes & Quotes

Site: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Course: Rio Mar Country Club - River Course (par 72, 6,902 yards)
Event: Puerto Rico Classic
U-M Standing: Tie-13th Place of 15 Teams (293-288-295/876)
Top U-M Individual: Lion Kim, tie-25th (70-73-73/216)
Next Event: Mon-Tue., March 8-9 -- at Fresno State Lexus Classic (Fresno, Calif.)

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico -- Playing alongside 10 of the country's top 50 teams, the University of Michigan men's golf team wrapped up the Puerto Rico Classic today (Tuesday, Feb. 23), tying for 13th place with an 876 54-hole team tally at the Rio Mar Country Club's River Course.

The Maize and Blue, which tied with Ohio State for the 13th position, opened the three-day event on Sunday (Feb. 21) with a 293 team tally as junior Lion Kim (Lake Mary, Fla./Lake Mary Prep School) stroked a two-under 70 and fellow junior Alexander Sitompul (Jakarta, Indonesia/Bradenton Prep Academy [Fla.]) fired an even-par 72 to lead the way for the Wolverines.

With the course setup altered for the second day Monday (Feb. 22), the entire field saw scores drop with the Wolverines posting an even-par 288. Sophomore Matt Thompson (Battle Creek, Mich./Lakeview) capped off the second round recovering from a first-round 80, posting a three-under 69 on his second 18 of the event. Freshman Jack Schultz (Whitefish Bay, Wis./Whitefish Bay) aided the Wolverines' lowest round of the event with an even-par 72, while Kim shot a one-over 73. The Wolverines then closed today with a 295 as Kim and Sitompul each had round scores of one-over 73, while Schultz added a two-over 74.

Individually, Kim led U-M for fifth time in seven events, tying for 25th at 216 (70-73-73). Schultz closed among the top 50, tying for 43rd with a 219 (73-72-74), while Sitompul was 58th at 224 (72-79-73). Other Wolverine starter finishes included Thompson, who tied for 59th at 225 (80-69-76), and freshman Rahul Bakshi (Chandigarh, India/St. John's), who tied for 63rd at 227 (78-74-75).

With midterms ending and spring break beginning, the Wolverines will head to California for their annual training trip. As the trip winds down, U-M will play at the 2010 Fresno State Lexus Classic, Monday and Tuesday (March 8-9). The 54-hole event will be played at the San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno, Calif.

Team Standings

 1. Texas                  277-269-276 = 822 (-42) 2. Oklahoma State         275-279-274 = 828 3. Clemson                281-278-284 = 843 4. Northwestern           290-278-285 = 853 5. Georgia Tech           285-280-290 = 855 6. Purdue                 286-282-288 = 856    Georgia                286-278-292 = 856 8. East Tennessee State   284-287-288 = 859 9. Kent State             286-281-299 = 86610. Oklahoma               292-293-284 = 86911. Alabama                288-296-286 = 87012. Virginia Tech          290-300-282 = 87213. MICHIGAN               293-288-295 = 876    Ohio State             291-289-296 = 87615. UNC Greensboro         294-298-289 = 881

Top Individuals

 1. Kevin Tway, Oklahokma State   65-68-66 = 199 (-17) 2. Cody Gribble, Texas           67-65-70 = 202 3. Harris English, Georgia       69-64-71 = 204 4. J.T. Griffin, Georgia Tech    70-65-70 = 205    Dylan Frittelli, Texas        69-69-67 = 205 6. Colin Chapman, UNCG           69-69-69 = 207 7. Ben Martin, Clemson           70-68-70 = 208    Bobby Hudson, Texas           70-67-71 = 208    Tyler Duncan, Purdue          69-71-68 = 208    Luke Hopkins, Clemson         69-70-69 = 208

Michigan Individuals

T25. Lion Kim             70-73-73 = 216T43. Jack Schultz         73-72-74 = 219 58. Alexander Sitompul   72-79-73 = 224T59. Matt Thompson        80-69-76 = 225T63. Rahul Bakshi         78-74-75 = 227

N O T E S

• Michigan's second-round tally of 288 is the Wolverines' sixth team round at or below par.

• Alexander Sitompul's 224 tally at the Puerto Rico Classic was a season-best 54-hole tally. He topped the 225 he posted at the Western Refining All-American Classic.

• With his second-round, three-under 69, Matt Thompson has now shot 10 of 17 rounds at or below par with seven of those rounds sub-70. Lion Kim is just behind Thompson with nine of his 20 rounds at or below par after his first-round, two-under 70.

Q U O T E S

Michigan Head Coach Andrew Sapp
On the Puerto Rico Classic ... "We had a poor finish to the tournament today. We were hoping to improve each day and even though the conditions were tougher today I thought we had a good chance of shooting under par. We had too many double bogeys today to get things rolling in the right direction. We were fortunate to play with some great teams and individuals this week so hopefully we can learn from their play and be more ready to play them down the road in the postseason."

Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423