golf history
The 16th annual Louisiana Classics took place earlier this week at the Oakbourne Country Club, in Lafayette. On Monday, low scores were seen throughout the day, as 20 players shot even par or better. Among the players with low scores was the University of Tennessee's Jason Powell. Powell fired a 67, which entered the record books as the second-best round in the tournament's history. Tennessee also took the overall team lead after the first day of play, finishing up the day with a team score of nine-under-par, 279. The hosting University of Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns finished off their day in fourth place, after shooting an even par, 288, on the 7,002 yard, par 72 course.
They shot a team score of 283 and trail by just four strokes going into the final day. The Rebels shot a team score of 284, just one stroke behind SMU and five shots off the lead. Along with the Cajuns' Spensky, the University of Tennessee's Powell, and Baylor's Jimmy Walker all tied for second place after registerin ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. ter the day one was Southern Methodist. Playing under clear skies, the University of Tennessee was able to hold onto their lead, and win the team title with a score of 572, four strokes-under-par. "We were pretty lucky because we could of lost the entire day," said Ragin' Cajun head coach Bob Bass. Ragin' Cajun junior Orn Hjartarson tied for eleventh with a score of 144 after tallying a two-under-par 70 in the final round. After all fifteen teams got in their first six holes Monday morning, the rains came, causing a three-and-a-half hour rain delay and canceling the second round of play altogether. , the weather situation looked to be much better. As for the hosting Cajuns, they picked up their seventh straight top five finish in tournament play. Louisiana-Lafayette shot a 291 on the second day to bring their two-day total to 579, just three shots-over-par. Burke Spensky performed admirably for the Cajuns, tying for second place with a score of 141, including a 70 in the final round for his second sub par effort of the tournament. The Volunteers' four-under-par total also set a new tournament record, besting the University of Florida's mark of two-under-par, set back in 1991, an event that had three rounds played. The University of Mississippi's Troy Muller shot a 71 in Tuesday's final round, to turn in a score of five-under-par, 139, and claim the individual title. It was only the third time in the 16-year history of the event that the tournament was reduced to 36 holes.
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