Mississippi State Golfers Finish In 12th Place At 2002 SEC Championships
May 25, 2016 | Men's Golf
Auburn won the title, finishing seven shots in front of second-place Florida. Defending champion Georgia finished nine strokes back. LSU and Vanderbilt tied for fourth place. Auburn's SEC title is the third in its program's history and it is their first crown since 1981.
Mississippi State's twelfth-place finish is the worst showing at the event in school history. The Bulldogs recently put together a two-year string of SEC Championship titles in the mid-1990s.
Louisville, Kent., native Codie Mudd led Mississippi State golfers, finishing the tournament with a 226 total, which tied him for 39th place, after carding a final-round 74 (+4). Mudd was in contention for the individual title after firing a one-over-par 71 on Day One to tie for fifth place. But an 81 in the second round dropped him from the hunt. Freshman Joe Deraney, playing in his first SEC Championship, finished the event in sole possession of 45th place after shooting a six-over-par 76 on Sunday.
Tim Satow also fired a final-round 76 to finish in a tie for 50th place while Kellen Maurer and Craig Horrocks both finished tied for 53rd. Maurer completed his play with a final-round 80 while Horrocks carded a 77 on the tournament's final day. Satow and Horrocks, two mid-year freshmen signees from overseas, and Maurer, a sophomore junior college transfer from Oregon, join Deraney as first-year players at the SEC Championship event.
Florida's Camilo Benedetti overcame a five-shot deficit to capture the individual title with a two-under-par 68, the best score of the day. Georgia's Ryan Hybl finished one shot back, after shooting a final-round 71. Second round leader Jay Mundy of Auburn struggled Sunday, carding a 75 to finish two shots back.
SEC-TV will air highlights of the conference tournament on Thursday, April 25th, at 4:30 p.m. CT.
The Bulldogs will close out the 2001-2002 campaign May 9-10 when they take part in the three-round Atlanta Intercollegiate at Atlanta's Eagle's Landing Country Club.
2002 SEC Championships (Final) 1. Auburn 285-282-290--857 (+17) 2. Florida 284-294-286--864 (+24) 3. Georgia 298-284-284--866 (+26) 4. LSU 292-286-296--874 (+34) Vanderbilt 294-291-289--874 (+34) 6. Arkansas 290-299-289--878 (+38) 7. Tennessee 296-285-300--881 (+41) 8. Kentucky 296-303-288--887 (+47) 9. Alabama 305-289-298--892 (+52) 10. Mississippi 298-300-298--896 (+56) South Carolina 302-289-305--896 (+56) 12. Mississippi State 306-301-303--910 (+70) MSU Final ResultsT39. Codie Mudd 71-81-74--226 (+16) 45. Joe Deraney 78-74-76--228 (+18) T50. Tim Satow 80-74-76--230 (+20) T53. Kellen Maurer 77-77-80--234 (+24) T53. Craig Horrocks 81-76-77--234 (+24)
