Hardin-Simmons’ men’s golf team took 20 shots off of its score from round one to round two and moved up from 12th to ninth place at the Mississippi College Spring Invitational at Black Bear Golf Club in Delhi, La.
Senior Tyler Mileger shot a 74, which tied for the second-best individual round of the day in the field. He and Ryan Hughes finished with two round totals of 161. Mileger shot 87-74 and Hughes 85-76. Brandon Heard shot an 80-85-165 and Sean Aleman had rounds of 85 and 82 for a 167. Mike Hursh was the Cowboys’ non-counting score with rounds of 95 and 99.
HSU shot team rounds of 337 and 317. The 317 was the sixth-best round of the day. HSU finished the tournament with a 654 total.
McMurry fired a 307 to win the team title by three strokes over Texas-Tyler with a 328-307-635. UTT shot 638, Mary Hardin-Baylor was third with a 640, Millsaps College was fourth with a 643 and Delta State rounded out the top five with a 645.
Cameron Thomas of Delta State had round of 76 and 77 for a 153 total to defeat UMHB’s Brady Purdom by one stroke.
HSU will next be in action next week in Dataw Island, South Carolina, as part of the Taylormade Invitational as part of a spring break trip.
9 Hardin-Simmons 337 317 654
T16 Tyler Mileger 87 74 161
T16 Ryan Hughes 85 76 161
T37 Brandon Heard 80 85 165
T44 Sean Aleman 85 82 167
82 Mike Hursh 95 99 194
Team Scoring 1 2 Total
1 McMurry 328 307 635
2 Texas-Tyler 331 307 638
3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 329 311 640
4 Millsaps College 331 312 643
5 Delta State 334 311 645
6 Texas-Dallas 328 319 647
7 Maryville 332 317 649
8 Texas Lutheran 329 323 652
9 Hardin-Simmons 337 317 654
10 Arkansas-Monticello 329 332 661
