State Wraps Up Round One at Trinity Forest

Sunday, September 22

Dallas, Texas (Trinity Forest GC)

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Mississippi State

Trinity Forest Invitational

State Wraps Up Round One at Trinity Forest

September 22, 2019 | Men's Golf

By McRae Clay, Student Assistant/Communications

Dallas, Texas – Mississippi State men's golf has two days to bounce back from a tough start Sunday at the Trinity Forest Invitational.

MSU shot a team score of 298 in the opening round at the par-71, 7,486-yard Trinity Forest Golf Club to finish the day in a four way tie for 13th.

"I thought today was a great test of golf. The wind was up the majority of the day, we just did not do a good enough job of controlling our golf ball in the elements. We had too many misses on the wrong side of perfect which ultimately cost us a number of shots," head coach Dusty Smith said.

Junior Cameron Clarke shot 2-over-par 71 to finish Sunday as MSU's best performer. Clarke's day was highlighted by a four hole stretch on the front nine where he carded four birdies.

Senior Garrett Johnson and sophomore Ford Clegg finished the day 2-over while freshmen Hunter Logan carded a round one score of 76. Sophomore Austin Vukovits rounded out the Bulldogs with a score of 2-over.

Smith commented, "We were not far off from posting a solid round. We have to demand more out of ourselves and make sure we value our golf ball better tomorrow. I am very proud of the competitive character of this team. We fought all day and were able to finish our last few holes the right way. Tomorrow is a big opportunity for this team. We need to dig deep and keep pressing forward. There is a lot of golf left."

State will turn its attention to round two in Dallas at 8:50 a.m. CT from the 10^th hole tee as Monday will bring a new round of 18-hole stroke play.

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Trinity Forest Invitational
T1 SMU (279 , -5)
T1 Arizona State (279, -5)
3 UC Davis (281, -3)
4 Little Rock (282, -2)
5 Houston (284, E)
6 Rice (286, +2)
T7 UTSA (287, +3 )
T7 Ball State (287, +3)
T9 Denver (291, +7)
T9 Kansas State (291, +7)
T9 Sam Houston State (291, +7)
12 Marquette (293, +9)
T13 College of Charleston (297, +13)
T13 Abilene Christian U. (297, +13)
T13 Virginia (297, +13)
T13 Mississippi State (297, +13)
17 North Texas (303, +19)

MSU Players
T37 Cameron Clarke (+2, 73)
T52 Ford Clegg (+3, 74)
T52 Garrett Johnson (+3, 74)
T73 Hunter Logan (+5, 76)
T85 Austin Vukovits (+7, 78)