Chaps Battle the Heavyweights

ARDMORE, Okla. (April 19, 2011) – The Lubbock Christian University men’s golf team had a solid performance in the Oklahoma City University Spring Classic and they finished in sixth place in the tournament, which featured six Top-25 NAIA programs .

The Chaps produced a three-round total of 899, with their best team round coming in the second round with a 295.  They opened with a 301 and finished with a 303.  LCU finished six strokes better than No.8 Southern Nazarene University and 14 strokes ahead of No.5 Grand View University.  Of the teams finishing ahead of LCU, Oklahoma Baptist University was the only unranked team.  The tournament was won by No.1 Oklahoma Christian University (874), with No.2 Oklahoma City University (891) finishing second.

The Chaps were led by Niel DuPreez, who registered his best score of the season with a three-round total of 219.  The South African followed an opening round 75 with consecutive rounds of 72.  His third round score (72) led all LCU players.  Landon Waters, who finished in a share of third place in LCU’s last tournament at Northwood University, finished with a 224 for a share of 16^th place.  He finished tied for second in second-round scoring with a 71.  He opened with a 78 and carded a 75 in the final round.  Also competing for LCU was Facundo Garcia (T-28^th, 80,74,75=229), Cosme Beamonte (T-34^th, 72-78-81=231) and Cameron Swarb (49^th, 76,80,84=240).

Wayland Baptist University’s Bradley Stinnett won the tournament with a 214 (73,71, 70) on the par-70 6,586-yard layout at Dornick Hills Golf & Country Club.  The tournament field was made up of 10 teams and 55 golfers.