Sooners Finish Seventh in First Event

Sept. 9, 2008

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The University of Oklahoma men's golf squad concluded the 2008 Aldila Scenic City Invitational in seventh place after finishing the event with back-to-back under-par team rounds on Tuesday at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The 16 squads were forced to play 36 holes today after weather suspended Monday afternoon's round until this morning.

OU entered today's action in 10th place, but quickly moved up the leaderboard after red-figure morning rounds from Ben Blundell (70) and Liam Logan (69).

Blundell fired his third consecutive 2-under-par 70 in afternoon play, finishing the 54-hole event in 10th place to lead the Sooners. The Rowlett, Texas, native played the par-5's in eight under fashion for the tournament and carded 16 birdies over three rounds -- third most among the 90-player field.

Final Results / Stats

Three shots back was teammate Liam Logan, who notched back-to-back rounds of 69 on Tuesday, finishing in a tie for 20th. Logan's consecutive 3-under-par rounds were the lowest for any OU golfer during the event.

In his first collegiate action, redshirt-freshman Riley Pumphrey stood 40th after rounds of 72,74,72.

Rounding out the OU scoring were Ryan Sirman (+4) and Tyler Rody (+11), who both shot 73 in Tuesday's final round. Sirman finished in 49th while Rody was seven shots back in a tie for 69th.

Chattanooga, ranked No. 12 in the Golfweek preseason rankings, cruised to a 14 shot win after carding a tournament-record final round of 266 (22-under par). Southeastern Louisiana's Matt Carvell followed up his opening round 60 (-12) with rounds of 70 and 68 to earn medalist honors with a 54-hole tournament-record total of 198 (-18).

The Sooners return to the links Sept. 22-23 at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Ala.

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