Cornish Finishes 12th; SU 10th at UTD Spring Invitational

Photo:  Freshman Jared Cornish put together a solid tournament and was fifth among ASC players.

Freshman Jared Cornish played three solid rounds in gusting, cold conditions at the UT-Dallas Spring Invitational and led Schreiner to a 10th place finish.  The tournament was played at Sherrill Park (#1) Golf Course in Richardson, TX.

Cornish shot 77, 74, 81 and finished 12th individually over the 7,081, par 72 course.  The only players to beat Cornish among the nine ASC teams (35 players) in the field were four players from tournament champion and nationally-ranked UT-Tyler. 

In the first round of the first day, Cornish shot 77 despite two triple bogeys.  Freshman Will Ramon, despite being sick, still came up with one of his best collegiate rounds and matched Cornish's round.  Junior Kyle Grona shot an 81.

In the afternoon round on day #1, Cornish got even better with his two-over-par 74.  Grona also improved and came in with a 77.  Ramon shot 85 as he struggled with the lingering effects of playing 36 holes in one day while being under the weather.  To his credit, he came back with a 39 after an opening nine of 46 in the afternoon round.

The team was 12th after round one and moved up to 10th after round two.  Both opening rounds were played in heavy winds which drove up the scores.

The final round was played again in high winds, but the winds shifted around and were from the north driving temperatures down and making the course even more difficult.  

Grona finished 42nd and Ramon was 47th individually.  Freshman Raul Alvarado, in his first collegiate tournament, finished 73rd and junior Brent Stanford 75th. 

Among ASC schools in the field, Mary Hardin-Baylor finished 6th, host UT-Dallas was 7th followed by LeTourneau, Hardin-Simmons and SU.  Then came Mississippi College, Louisiana College and Concordia-Texas.