Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcon Men's Finishes 3rd at Big Red Classic
March 14, 2004 | Men's Golf
March 14, 2004
Ocala, Fla. - The Bowling Green men's golf team finished in third place at the 2004 Big Red Classic in Ocala, Fla. The three-round, 15-team tournament was played at the Lake Diamond Golf and Country Club in Ocala, Fla.
Methodist College won the tournament with a team score of 887.
The Falcons finished with a team score of 893, just two strokes back of second-place Austin Peay (891) and six strokes back of first-place Methodist College (887). The Falcons carded two scores of 297 and one score of 299 over the two days.
Leading the way for the Falcons was fifth-year senior Adam Balls, who tied for fourth overall with a score of 219 (plus-3). He carded scores of 75, 71, and 73. He tied with New Orleans' Kevin Maxwell and was six shots off the leader, Adam Horton of Methodist College.
Other Falcons competing were sophomore Heath Ziglar (T-7th, 222), junior Craig Pickerel (T-11th, 223), sophomore Adam Cordes (T-31st, 229), and sophomore Tommy Lopez (T-61st, 236).
BGSU next competes March 20-21 at the El Diablo Intercollegiate in Citrus Springs, Fla.
Final Team Scores... Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total 1) Methodist College 292 292 303 887 2) Austin Peay 290 300 301 891 3) Bowling Green 297 299 297 893 4) Ohio Univ. 300 297 301 898 Marquette 305 295 298 898 6) George Mason 292 297 310 899 7) E. Kentucky 307 291 303 901 Florida A&M 298 299 304 901 9) Florida Atlantic 296 290 321 907 10) IUPUI 300 303 308 911 11) New Orleans 303 303 309 915 12) Wisconsin 302 304 315 921 13) Rutgers 308 306 317 931 14) William & Mary 321 306 305 932 15) Cleveland State 311 309 318 938
