October 27, 2009
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Mississippi State Bulldogs concluded the fall season at the David Toms Invitational in Baton Rouge, La. at the Country Club of Louisiana, with an eighth-place finish after their 7-over-par showing.
The Bulldog linksters notched a 292 in the third and final round to drop one spot from their first-day standing. MSU finished eight-strokes behind fifth-place teams Southeastern Louisiana and Rice and 15-strokes behind winner and host-school LSU.
State's true freshman Robi Calvesbert was the Bulldog leader for the first time in his career, with a 1-over-par career-best 214 through three rounds, which included a career-low round of 67 in round two. Calvesbert was also among the leaders in par-4 scoring and pars made and finished a career-best tied for 21st among the 75-player field. Sophomore Lee Heaton of Mississippi State finished tied for 28th after firing a three-round score of 216 and was among the leaders of birdies made, with nine.
MSU's true freshman Mike Genovese posted a team-low third round score of 72, to bring his three-round total to 217, placing the youngster in a tie for 33rd among the individual field. Genovese also notched one-of-two eagles made by the Bulldogs at the David Toms Invitational, when he eagled hole number five in the third round. MState's true freshman Brad Mason finished one-stroke behind Genovese going 5-over-par at the three-round event, tied for 38th and was the team-leader in birdies made with 12. Sophomore Brooks Bankhead rounded out the Bulldog lineup with a 54-hole score of 222 and was the team-leader in pars made with 38.
MSU will return to the course in Gainesville, Fla. on Feb. 13 at the Gator Invitational.
DAVID TOMS INVITATIONAL
Baton Rouge, La. - 10/27/09
TEAM RESULTS
1. LSU (285-273-286=844, -8) T2. Kent State U. (283-278-284=845, -7) T2. North Florida, U. of (289-276-280=845, -7) 4. Mississippi, U. of (286-280-283=849, -3) T5. Rice U. (285-287-279=851, -1) T5. Southeastern Louisiana, U. of (289-275-287=851, -1) 7. Pepperdine (285-281-288=854, +2) 8. Mississippi State U. (288-279-292=859, +7) 9. Auburn U. (291-291-282=864, +12) 10. Louisiana Tech U. (290-283-293=866, +14) 11. UAB (286-289-297=872, +20) 12. South Alabama, U. of (295-288-294=877, +25) 13. Northwestern (279-292-307=878, +26) 14. Louisiana-Lafayette (299-287-306=892, +40).
MSU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T21 Robi Calvesbert 72-67-75=214, +1
T28 Lee Heaton 70-73-73=216, +3
T33 Mike Genovese 74-71-72=217, +4
T38 Brad Mason 77-68-73=218, +5
T54 Brooks Bankhead 72-76-74=222, +9
Courtesy: mstateathletics.com
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