Men and women’s golf played two-day events Monday and Tuesday to tee off their spring season schedule.
The men’s team traveled to the Hoover Country Club to play in the Samford Intercollegiate in Hoover, Ala.
The last time the Racers played was Nov. 5-6 to finish the fall season with a second-place out of 13 in Gulf Shores, Ala., against golfers from Vanderbilt and Rice.
Samford University hosted the matches that started Monday. After the first day, Murray State placed 15th of 18 overall in the Samford Intercollegiate. The Racers 15th-place finish tied them with Southern Illinois and Bowling Green State at a score of 308.
The first round started late after a delay to due to frost on the green. The second round of golf was not played due to darkness.
The individual rankings for Murray State were topped by senior Hunter York, who ranked 16th of 94 players with 1-over-par 73. Tyler Brown, senior, scored 1-over-par 76, leaving him in 45th place. Patrick Newcomb, senior, earned 61st place with a 78. Freshmen Preston French and Daniel Harper scored 81st and 88th place respectively with scores of 81 and 84.
The second day, the Racers earned a 14th place finish out of 94, with a score of 919. Newcomb led Murray State with his 28th place performance with a final score of 224, and York placed 37th with 226. French and Brown placed 56th and 82nd out of the field with 231 and 239 respectively. Auburn University won and took home the title with a final team score of 865.
As for women’s golf, the Racers hosted the Time Warner Classic at Miller Memorial Golf Course to start their own spring season Monday and Tuesday. Last year, the Racers placed second out of eight. Murray State teed off with similar success in 2013 as Murray State led in 1st place in a field of eight schools after the first day.
Murray State finished Monday with an overall score of 312, which firmly placed them ahead of second-place Lipscomb University with 321 and third-place Austin Peay University at 324. Junior Delaney Howson scored an even-par 72 to lead the Classic, and teammate Alexandra Lennartsson, senior, made a 76.
Alli Weaver finished the first day with a score of 81 in 11th place while Sophie Hiller and Abbi Stamper tied in 20th place with 83. Gina Nuzzo, sophomore, earned an 87 to round out the Racers for their first round of golf in 2013.
The second day was canceled during the middle of second round play due to inclement weather conditions.
Murray State won the classic using the team scores from the first 18 holes played Monday.
Howson was a medalist for the event with a score of 72, which was aided by an eagle on the fifth hole.
Men’s golf moves on from the Samford Intercollegiate to play the Monday and Tuesday at the Grover Page Classic in Jackson, Tenn.
The women’s team will play in the March 18-19 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Tenn.