From UM Golf
» Closing the fall season with an 872-team total, Michigan finished fourth at the Qubein Cup played as the Sedgefield Country Club. It marked the Wolverines’ fourth top-five finish in six events.
» Leading U-M for the fifth time in six fall events, Hunter Thomson‘s’ even-par 210 (70-68-72) helped him to a runner-up finish — the sixth of his career. This fall, he posted three top-five finishes.
» In his fifth start of the fall — and fourth straight — Dean Muratore posted a second straight top-15 finish after he tied for 11th with a 217 (73-69-75) tally.
Site: Greensboro, N.C.
Tournament: Qubein Cup
Course: Sedgefield Country Club (par 70, 7,130 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 4th Place of 13 Teams (291-282-299/872)
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, 2nd (70-68-72/210, E)
Next U-M Event: Sun-Tue., Feb. 9-11 — at the Puerto Rico Classic (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico)
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Paced by a runner-up finish from senior Hunter Thomson, the University of Michigan men’s golf team tallied an 872 54-hole team total Tuesday (Oct. 15) to finish fourth in its fall finale at the Qubein Cup at the Sedgefield Country Club.
With an even-par 210 (70-68-72) total, Thomson led the Wolverines for the fifth time in six fall events helping him his third top-five finish this season. With a team-best nine sub-par fall rounds, he has now recorded four 54-hole event totals at even or sub-par.
Behind Thomson was freshman Dean Muratore, who posted his second straight top-15 individual finish. With a 217 (73-69-75) total, he tied for 11th in the 84-golfer field. Slipping just outside the top 25, fellow freshman RJ Arone, who started all six events this fall, tied for 26th at 222 (74-72-76).
Michigan used Thomson’s first-round 70 (E), to open with a 291-team total in Monday’s opening 18 holes positioning the Wolverines third. Following with a 68 (-2) from Thomson and a 69 (-1) by Muratore, the Wolverines followed with a 282 to maintain the third position after 36 holes. Wrapping up with a 299, the Maize and Blue dropped one spot to fourth with an 872 total.
With its fourth-place finish, U-M has wrapped up its six-tournament fall schedule. The Wolverines shift their focus to the winter training break as they will not see event action until February.
The spring season will begin with a trip to Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, from (Feb. 9-11) for Purdue’s Puerto Rico Classic — U-M’s first trip to the Boilermakers’ annual spring tournament in nine years (2016). The three-day, 54-hole event is scheduled to be played at the Grand Reserve Golf Club.
Final Team Standings
1. Chattanooga 280-287-291 = 858 2. Texas A&M 296-280-289 = 865 3. Nebraska 288-287-296 = 871 4. MICHIGAN 291-282-299 = 872 5. Furman 294-292-291 = 877 6. Charleston 292-301-293 = 886 7. Davidson 296-297-301 = 894 8. UNC Wilmington 302-286-307 = 895 9. Coastal Carolina 302-300-295 = 897 10. Colorado State 302-288-308 = 898 11. High Point 304-294-305 = 903 12. Penn State 310-307-296 = 913 13. Virginia Tech 306-303-312 = 921
Top Individuals
1. Camden Braidech, Chattanooga 66-71-70 = 207 (-3)
2. HUNTER THOMSON, U-M 70-68-72 = 210
3. Kieron Van Wyk, Charleston 73-71-69 = 213
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska 69-74-70 = 213
5. Braedon Wear, Chattanooga 69-73-72 = 214
6. Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M 73-70-72 = 215
Grant Jabenis, Nebraska 72-68-75 = 215
Harris Barth, Furman 73-70-72 = 215
James Rico, UNCW 77-68-70 = 215
Michigan Individuals
2. Hunter Thomson 70-68-72 = 210 (E) T11. Dean Muratore 73-69-75 = 217 T26. RJ Arone 74-72-76 = 222 T32. Yuqi Liu 74-73-76 = 223 T55. Caden Pinckes 77-74-80 = 231 T32. Ben Hoagland 74-75-74 = 223* * playing as individual