Shocker Men's Golf - 2015 Spring Season

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Shocks sitting in 5th place after Day 1 (2 rounds) at their opening tournament of the 2015 spring season, The UTSA Oak Hills Invitational in San Antonio. 82 degrees and calm winds. Nice conditions.

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None of the Shocks are in contention for medalist honors but the put up 4 solid top scores in both rounds lead by two of their youngsters, 5-7 So. Grant Bennett and 5-7 Fr. Jacob Bishop both shooting 2-over 144 and 3-over 145 respectively.

6-4 Jr. Alec Heinen pitched in with a 5-over 147 and 5-7 Sr. Louis Cohen Boyer was at 6-over 148.

The Shocks came in at 9-over 293 in the morning round and 7-over 291 in the afternoon. They are only 2 shot outs of a tie for 3rd place.

All 4 teams ahead of the Shocks are from south Texas FWIW. Baylor, UTSA, Sam Houston State and Houston Baptist. Oklahoma and Tulsa are close behind the Shocks.

Final round tomorrow.

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Shocks finish the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational in a tie for 5th.

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The Shocks looked like that had a lock on 4th place as the lead North Texas by 4 shots. North Texas was in the clubhouse at +24. The Shocks were at +20 with 12 holes to play. Unfortunately, the played those 12 holes in 5 over a fell back into a tie for 5th with Houston Baptist at +25.

Freshman Jacob Bishop in particular struggled down the stretch as he finished his last 3 holes in 4-over and his last 8 holes in 7-over. He had played his 1st 46 holes of the tournament in 2-over but he kind of lost it over his final 8 holes.

So. Grant Bennett finished the tournament at 4-over 217, Sr. Louis Cohen Boyer at 5-over 218 after carding a solid 1-under 70 today and Jr. Alec Heinen finished at 7-over 220 with three consistent rounds. Bishop finished at 9-over 222 after playing stellar golf for 2.5 rounds.

Fr. Gage Ihring playing in the 3-hole was 22-over 235 and did not contribute a score that was counted.

Fr. Erik Angeston from Sweden played as an individual and carded a 21-over 234.

Not a terrible start for the Shocks and hopefully young Jacob will grow from this experience today. We also need that 5th golfer to step up and be a be able to give us a little margin for error to fall back on when needed.

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Shocks playing well at the 2nd Annual Talis Park Challenge hosted by Ball State University and held at the Talis Park Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

In round 1 on Sunday the Shocks shot a 8-under 276 as Grant Bennett (67), Louis Cohen Boyer (68) and Gage Ihrig (68) all shot sub-70 rounds on the par 71 layout as the Shocks finished Round 1 in 1st place tie with #4 ranked Vanderbilt. Alex Heinen pitched in a 2-over 73 to round out the Shocker scoring.

The Shocks fell off to a 6-over 290 in Sunday afternoon's 2nd round with Jacob Bishop, who shot a 78 in Round 1, lead the way with a 2-under 69. However, Grant (73), Louis (74) and Gage (73) could not sustain their Round 1 play. The Shocks finished Round 2 in 3rd place 6 shots behind #4 Vanderbilt and 4 shots behind #14 LSU.

The Shocks are off to a strong start in the final Round 3 today at 6-under par midway through the round. The have moved into a 2nd place tie with Vanderbilt and are 4 shots behind leader LSU.

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The nice thing about the Shocks final round today is that so far the worst scores they have on the board among their 5 players are 2 even pars. That gives them the cushion have having one player stumble without impacting the team score.

This is a relatively young Shocker team with 2 Freshman, 1 Sophomore, 1 Junior and 1 Senior.

So it will be interesting to see how they hold up under the pressure down the stretch as each player has about 6 holes left to play.

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Unfortunatley, the Shocks did stumble a little bit down the stretch while Vandebilt rallied. Still a very solid 2-under par Tournament for the Shocks good for 3rd place 12 shots behind #14 LSU and 8 shots behind #4 Vanderbilt.

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The Shocks finished at even par 284 on todays round with Grant Bennett leading the way at 3-under 68 to finish in an 5th place tie individually. LCB was at even par 71, Alex Heinen at 1-over 72 and Gage Ihrig 2-over 73 on today's round.

The Shocks finished 57 strokes ahead of Indiana who finished in 15th (last) place. I hope that is a good omen heading into Friday's NCAA game.

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The Shocker men are off to a strong start again this week as the carded a 10-under 278 to tie KU for 1st place after Round 1 of the 2015 Desert Shootout in Goodyear, Arizona hosted by the University of Denver.

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Senior Louis Cohen Boyer and So. Grant Bennett lead the way with a pair of 4-under 68's while Jr. Alex Heinen carded a 2-under 70 and Fr. Gage Ihrig matched par at 72. Fr. Jacob Bishop had the throw away score of 5-over 77.

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Early on in Round 2 the Shocks fell behind KU by 4 shots but have now moved back to with 1 of the Jayhawks midway through round 2.

KU is 7-under on the round and the Shockers 6-under.

Denver has moved into 3rd as they are 10-under on today's round.

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The Shocks could not keep pace with KU today as the Jayhawks shot a 16-under in the 2nd round to move to 26-under and in sole possession of 1st place heading into tomorrow's final round. Host Denver had the best score of Round 2 at 17-under and moved into 2nd place at 21-under for the tournament.

The Shockers did not play terrible. The came in at 8-under on the round and are at 18-under and in 3rd place.

Shocker Sr. Louis Cohen Boyer fired a 5-under 67 to go with his 68 from round 1 and he has a 1 stroke lead in the individual standings at 9-under. Fr. Jacob Bishop bounced back from his 77 in round 1 to shoot a 3-under 69. So. Grant Bennett and Fr. Gage Ihrig rounded out today's scoring with even par 72's. Jr. Alex Heinen's 1-over 73 was today's throw away score.

The Shocks lead Iowa State by a single stroke with Idaho another 7 shots behind the Cyclones.

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The Shocks finished in 3rd place in the 2015 Desert Shootout at 26-under par which was 9 strokes behind KU and 1 stroke back of 2nd place Iowa State. The Shocks played pretty consistently shooting 10-under in Round 1 and 8-under in Rounds 2 and 3.

Fr. Jacob Bishop lead the way in Round 3 with a 4-under 68. Jr. Alec Heinen was at 2-under while Sr. Louis Cohen Boyer, So. Grant Bennet and Fr. Gage Ihrig all posted 1-under 71's today. It's not often your throw away score is an under par round.

Individually Louis finsihed 4-way tie for 2nd at 10-under. All 5 Shockers were under par for the tournament.

Obviously not the most challenging course they will play but still a good showing by the Shocks.

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The Shocks are playing in the Jim West Invitational today and tomorrow hosted by Texas State University.

The Shocks got off to a poor start this morning making 6 bogeys and 3 double-bogeys in over their 1st 19 holes played and were sitting in 13th place in the 15 team field. However, they have righted the ship and are now sitting in 4 the place at even par about 2/3rds through the round.

So. Grant Bennett strung together 3 birdies to open his back 9 and is at 3-under on his round and Fr. Gage Ihrig make a hole-in-one the 155 yard Par 3 12th hole and he is at even par on his round. Now the Shocks just need a solid finish to complete the 1st round.

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The Shocks complete there rally from 13th early in the round to finish the 1st round in 2nd place at 2-under, 2 shot behind #35 Sam Houston State.

So. Grant Bennett lead the way with a 3-under 69, followed by Fr. Jacob Bishop and Fr. Gage Ihrig both at even par 72 with Sr. Louis Cohen-Boyer came in at 1-over 73 and Jr. Alex Heinen carded a 2-over par 734. Not too bad when your throw away score is a 2-over par effort.

Round 2 is now underway. Gage Ihrig with a snowman on his 1st hole of the round for a triple-bogey. Ouch. Those are the kind of holes you just have to avoid.

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The Shocks complete there rally from 13th early in the round to finish the 1st round in 2nd place at 2-under, 2 shot behind #35 Sam Houston State.

So. Grant Bennett lead the way with a 3-under 69, followed by Fr. Jacob Bishop and Fr. Gage Ihrig both at even par 72 with Sr. Louis Cohen-Boyer and Jr. Alex Heinen carding 1-over par 73's. Not bad when your throw away score is a 1-over par effort.

Round 2 is now underway. Gage Ihrig with a snowman on his 1st hole of the round for a triple-bogey. Ouch. Those are the kind of holes you just have to avoid.

And after fighting back in round 1. Ugh.

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And after fighting back in round 1. Ugh.

At least he has 17 holes to recover and if the 4 other guys play well enough it may be of no consequence. We'll see how it goes.

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Alec Heinen has 2 bogeys + a double bogey on holes 10-14 that pushes him to +3 which is where Gage Ihrig remains after his opening triple bogey. Unfortunately, that brings that triple bogey into play.

Shocks have fallen to 4th midway through round 2 but are still only 4 shots behind leader Sam Houston State. Hopefully, they can finish strong like they did this morning.

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The Shocks kind of stumbled through this afternoon's round scoring a 7-over vs the 2-under they put up in the morning round. They played the front nine better in Round 2 than they did in Round 1 shooting 1-over vs 5-over this morning. However, they were much worse on the back 9 this afternoon.

Among the 4 scores that counted they shot 6-over in Round 2 vs 7-under in Round 3. This morning they had 10 birdies, 1 Eagle (Hole-In-One on a Par 3) and 5 bogies. This afternoon they had 4 birdies, 6 bogeys and 2 double bogeys. 3 of the 4 birdies this afternoon came on the par 5 18th.

That 13 stroke swing on the back 9 dropped them from 2nd place and 2 shots out of the lead to 5th place and 12 shots out of the lead.

Sr. Louis Cohen-Boyer lead the way this afternoon with a 1-under 71, Fr. Jacob Bishop 1-over 73, So. Grant Bennett 3-over 75 and Jr. Alec Heinen at 4-over 76 to account form the Shockers 7-over 295 score.

Fr. Gage Ihrig got back to 2-over after 7 holes after starting his round with a triple-bogey but then he bogeyed 6 of the 1st 8 holes on the back nine and finished with an 8-over par 80 which was the throw away score this afternoon.