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Men’s golf places seventh

Published on April 27, 2010 by John Morbitzer

A late run by freshman Ben Greene led the Owls in their lowest round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships, where they finished tied for seventh with Stetson at 35-over-par, 899.

“Coach told us to just keep our confidence up and give it all we had,” senior J.P. Putnam said. “If our whole team played well, we had a good chance to win conference. But overall as a team, it just wasn’t our week.”

Played over three days at the Championship at the Legends Course at Chateau Elan,  in Braselton, Ga., KSU preceded their final round 7-over-par 295 with a first round 301 followed by a second round 303.

Greene finished with four birdies in his last nine holes for a final round 1-under-par, 71, and moved up nine spots on the final day to tie for ninth individually at 3-over-par 219.

Sophomore Jeff Karlsson shot a first-round 71, tying Greene for the Owls’ lowest 18-hole total for the tournament. Karlsson shot a second round 78 and final round 74 to finish tied for 22 at 7-over-par 223.

Putnam closed his final tournament with an even par 72.

“The first two rounds, I wasn’t hitting it well,” Putnam said. “Warming up on the range that morning I wasn’t feeling great, but it was good to shoot well in the final round. It was good to end on a par round.”

Putnam tied for 42 with teammate Sam Curtis at 15-over-par, 231. Alex Jones shot 19-over-par, 235 to finish at 48.

A-Sun Conference Champion East Tennessee State recorded a 5-under-par 859 for the tournament, four strokes ahead of Florida Gulf Coast. The final day, Wednesday, was the lowest scoring day for the tournament with an average score a 74.73.

Head Coach Jay Moseley finishes his first season at the helm for the Owls with five top-5 finishes, including three top-3 finishes.