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Louisiana Classics
Runner-Up Thomson Leads Wolverines to Sixth at Louisiana Classics
3/12/2024 8:55:00 PM | Men's Golf
» With a closing 295 team total, Michigan etched an 865 (+1) 54-hole total to finish sixth at the Louisiana Classics played at the Oakbourne Country Club.
» With his third runner-up finish of the season, Hunter Thomson used his seventh sub-par 54-hole total of 206 (-10) to lead U-M for the seventh time in nine events. For his efforts, he was named to the All-Tournament team.
» With his fourth top-20 finish of the season, Will Anderson's 217 (+1) total helped him tie for 18th.
» With two more sub-par team totals, U-M now has 22 total in 27 total this season.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Tournament: Louisiana Classics
Course: Oakbourne Country Club (par 72, 6,898 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 6th of 15 Teams (284-286-295/865, +1)
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, 2nd (68-66-72/206, -10)
Next U-M Event: Sat-Sun., April 6-7 -- at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.)
LAFAYETTE, La. -- Paced by junior Hunter Thomson's seventh sub-par 54-hole tally (206, -10) and his third runner-up finish of the season, the University of Michigan men's golf team tallied an 865 (+1) team total to post a sixth-place finish Tuesday (March 12) at the Louisiana Classics played at the Oakbourne Country Club.
Making their fifth appearance in Louisiana's home event, the Wolverines used Thomson's opening 68 (-4) and redshirt-junior Ben Hoagland's 71 (-1) to etch a 284 (-4) on the leaderboard, positioning them third after 18 holes. Heading back out for a second 18 holes, Thomson again guided the Wolverines as his 66 (-6) not only put him in second individually, it helped U-M to a second-round 286 (-2) and kept the Maize and Blue third after 36 holes.
In the final round, an even par 72 from Thomson highlighted the round and he was aided by senior Will Anderson's' 73 (+1) to help U-M close with a 295 and an 865 (+1) total, yielding a sixth-place finish.
With his seventh sub-par 54-hole event total of 206 (-10), Thomson led the Wolverines with his third runner-up finish and fifth top-five finish this season. With his two sub-70 tallies, he now has 24 of 27 rounds at-or-below par and is averaging a program-record pace of 69.48 per round.
Behind Thomson, Anderson tied for 18th with his 217 (+1), while Hoagland tied for 32nd with his 219. It marked the third time in nine events the Maize and Blue trio finished as the top three Wolverines.
After competing in four events over the first five weeks of the spring season, the Wolverines return to Ann Arbor and will not compete for nearly a month as they prep for the end of the regular season. The next tournament for the Michigan will be Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7 at Indiana's Hoosier Collegiate Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. The two-day, 54-hole event will be played on the Pfau Course at Indiana.
Final Team Standings
 1. Texas A&M       276-282-275 = 833 (-31)  2. Sam Houston     283-289-278 = 850  3. LSU             286-279-290 = 855  4. Wake Forest     289-282-290 = 861  5. SMU             293-280-291 = 864  6. MICHIGAN        284-286-295 = 865  7. Louisiana Tech  290-287-294 = 871  8. Wake Forest     285-291-296 = 872  9. Texas State     289-290-295 = 874 10. TCU             290-289-297 = 876 11. Rice            292-294-291 = 877 12. Little Rock     291-294-293 = 878 13. Louisiana       296-294-294 = 884    South Alabama   288-295-301 = 884 15. Illinois State  291-292-304 = 887
Top Individuals
 1. Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M       64-69-65 = 198 (-18)  2. HUNTER THOMSON, U-M                68-66-72 = 206 (-10)  3. Gustav Frimodt, TCU                69-68-71 = 208  4. Niilo Maki-Petaja, Louisiana Tech  72-68-70 = 210    Hugo Trommetter, Sam Houston       71-69-70 = 210    Daniel Rodrigues, Texas A&M        70-72-68 = 210  7. Gene Chaikangwal, Sam Houston      69-77-66 = 212    Marshall Meisel, Wake Forest       71-70-71 = 212    Jay Mendell, LSU                   70-68-74 = 212
Michigan Individuals
 2. Hunter Thomson  68-66-72 = 206 (-10) T18. Will Anderson   72-72-73 = 217 (+1) T32. Ben Hoagland    71-74-74 = 219 T58. Yuqi Liu        73-74-77 = 224 T86. Jack O'Donnell  82-79-76 = 237
All-Tournament Team
Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M (medalist) Hunter Thomson, Michigan Gustav Frimodt, TCU Daniel Rodrigues, Texas A&M Niilo Maki-Petaja, Louisiana Tech Hugo Trommetter, Sam Houston
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