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Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
Wolverines Finish 10th at Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
3/10/2019 8:17:00 PM | Men's Golf
» Playing as an individual, Henry Spring led Michigan with a 22nd-place finish (72-75-75/222)Â
» U-M's leading team scorer was Ben Dunne, who finished tied for 27th (73-73-77/223)
» Nick Carlson's 35 pars tied him for fourth on the weekend.
Site: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Tournament: Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
Course: Desert Mountain Outlaw Course (Par 72, 7,107 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 10th Place of 12 Teams (296-300-298/894)
Top U-M Individual: Henry Spring, tie-22nd (72-75-75/222)
Next U-M Event: Sat-Sun., March 23-24 -- Tar Heel Intercollegiate (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The University of Michigan men's golf team tallied a final-round 298 to finish 10th of 12 competing schools in the annual Desert Mountain Intercollegiate at the Outlaw Course. Mississippi State took home the team championship, going wire-to-wire for a three-round total of 859 (-8), including a first-day score of 17 under par for 36 holes.
"Overall I am disappointed that we weren't sharper this weekend," said head coach Chris Whitten. "We've played this course over several years, although we did have some guys in the lineup who were seeing it for the first time.
"Desert golf can be very penalizing if you get in the wrong place, and we saw some of that this week. I was really happy to see Patrick Sullivan end with a great round today, and it is great to have Ben Dunne lead the starting five as a freshman."
For Michigan, fifth-year senior Ian Martin was tied for second in the field on par-3 scoring, logging a 2.92 average (-1) for the weekend. Martin was joined by sophomore Henry Spring among the field leaders in birdies, as the duo finished tied for 14th with 11 apiece.
Playing as an individual, Spring led Michigan with a 22nd-place finish (72-75-75/222), while Dunne led the program's team scorers with a 27th place finish (73-73-77/223).
Senior Nick Carlson's 35 pars were tied for fourth on the weekend.
"We're really proud and fortunate to host this event and to partner with Desert Mountain," Whitten said. "It's become a great tradition for our program, and we receive tremendous support from everyone here."
With the spring break trip completed, the Maize and Blue will return to Ann Arbor for a few weeks before heading to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the Tar Heel Intercollegiate, Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24. The two-day, 54-hole event will be held at the Finley Golf Course.
Final Team Standings
1. Mississippi State 280-279-297 = 856 (-8) 2. Kansas 280-295-287 = 862 3. Marquette 293-289-289 = 871 4. Northwestern 283-287-302 = 872 5. Eastern Michigan 283-291-301 = 875 6. Miami (Ohio) 296-291-291 = 878 7. Michigan State 285-304-293 = 882 8. Rutgers 292-299-297 = 888 9. Ball State 294-308-288 = 890 10. Michigan 296-300-298 = 894 11. Lipscomb 296-302-319 = 917 12. Harvard 306-316-307 = 929
Top Individuals
1. Garrett Johnson, Mississippi State 66-72-69 = 207 (-9)
2. Harry Hillier, Kansas 71-70-67 = 208
3. Oliver Farrell, Marquette 67-71-73 = 211
Charlie Hillier, Kansas 68-72-71 = 211
Ford Clegg, Mississippi State 68-67-76 = 211
6. Hunter Eichhorn, Marquette 71-71-71 = 213
James Piot, Michigan State 70-73-70 = 213
8. Peng Pichaikool, Mississippi State 73-68-75 = 216
David Nyfjall, Northwestern 73-70-73 = 216
10. Donnie Trosper, Michigan State 70-80-67 = 217
Beau Breault, Eastern Michigan 69-72-76 = 217
Michigan Individuals
T28. Ben Dunne 73-73-77 = 223 T37. Patrick Sullivan 77-78-70 = 225 T37. Charlie Pilon 73-76-76 = 225 T44. Nick Carlson 78-73-76 = 227 T49. Brent Ito 73-80-76 = 229 T22. Henry Spring* 72-75-75 = 222 53. Taisei Negishi* 76-76-78 = 230 T54. Ian Martin* 77-75-79 = 231
* played as individual
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