Jayhawks Finish 15th at Hawaii-Hilo Invitational

Feb. 6, 2009

MAUNA LANI, Hawaii –

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Mauna Lani, Hawaii –

Nate Barbee shot his best round of the event with a final round 73 at the Hawaii-Hilo Invitational to lead the Kansas men’s golf team to a 15th place finish at the Mauna Resort North Course.

Barbee tied for 69th place and was the top finisher for the Jayhawks. Barbee was the top-finisher for the Jayhawks in three of the four fall events.

“The weather was better today and that helped scoring, but I think we played better today,” said head coach Kit Grove. “This is still pretty early for us to play in a tournament because the guys just haven’t been able to get much work in to get ready for the tournament.”

Senior Walt Koelbel fired a 77 to finish tied for 72nd place. Freshman Blake Giroux rebounded from a second round 88 to card a 75 in the final round and tied for 74th place.

Senior Andrew Storm shot his best round of the event with a final round 76 and finished tied for 83rd place. Freshman Ian Anson shot an 80 and finished 90th.

Southern California shot a 282 in the final round to win the event by 11 strokes over Washington. Richard Lee, of Washington, won medalist honors with a three-round score of 210.

The Jayhawks will next be in action March 9-10 when they travel to Lafayette, La. to compete in the Cajun Classic. Check back to kuathletics.com for complete coverage of the 2008-09 season.

Team Leaderboard

1. Southern California (285-284-282–851)

2. Washington (281-292-289–862)

3. TCU (291-297-282–870)

4. Stanford (294-291-287–872)

5. Oregon (287-299-287–873)

15. Kansas (309-314-301–924)

Player Leaderboard

1. Richard Lee, Washington (69-71-70–210)

2. Jaime Lovemark, Southern California (69-73-69–211)

T3. Richard Lee, Washington (68-70-74–212)

T3. Chris Killmer, Washington (71-70-71–212)

T3. Pat Grady, Colorado (73-69-70–212)

T3. Stephan Gross, Arizona St. (76-67-69–212)

T69. Nate Barbee, Kansas (78-80-73–231)

T72. Walt Koelbel, Kansas (80-75-77–232)

T74. Blake Giroux, Kansas (70–88-75–233)

T83. Andrew Storm, Kansas (81-81-76–238)

90. Ian Anson, Kansas (83-78-80–241)

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