Tide Freshman Finishes Third at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
10/15/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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BIRMINGHAM - University of Alabama freshman Mark Harrell played among a field full of All-Americans and showed he could be a future star as he finished third at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Tuesday, carding rounds of 66-70-70/206 to finish the tournament at seven under par.
His Alabama teammates, playing amonst a field that included seven of the nation's top 12 ranked teams, finished 13 under par for the tournament, in sixth place, with team scores of 273-282-285/839.
Augusta State won the team championship, carding 27 under par for the tournament. Its round scores were 275-278-272/825. No. 2 ranked Georgia Tech finished second (829), No. 9 Auburn finished third (830), No. 2 Georgia finished fourth (833), No. 1 ranked Oklahoma State finished fifth (835), Alabama finished sixth (839), No. 10 ranked TCU and No. 21 ranked Wake Forest finished seventh (840), No. 12 Southern Cal finished ninth (847), No. 11 Clemson finished 10th (855), UAB finished 11th (860) and Vanderbilt finished 12th (862).
Augusta State's Kalle Edberg was the medalist. He carded 68-69-66/203 to finish ten under par, two strokes ahead of TCU's David Schultz.
In addition to Harrell's third-place finish, Thomas Hagler of the Crimson Tide finished T-16th (69-69-71/209) at four under par. His teammate Clint Provost finished T-24th at two under par (66-73-72/211). Alabama freshman Gator Todd finished T-34th (71-71-72/214) at one over par, and Alabama's Dwight Rogers finished T-47th, carding 72-72-73/217 for his two-day total.
"I thought we made a step this week," said Alabama head coach Jay Seawell. "We were a little disapointed that we didn't do better today, but we got a chance see how we can play at that level, and I think we showed ourselves that we could play at that level. It's a mixed bag in that our guys hung with them but then today we didn't make the putts they needed to make. But that's something we will work on to improve.
"I'm happy with the team effort and I'm certainly pleased with Mark Harrell's play this week. For a true freshman in only his third tournament of his college career to finish third in arguable the toughest field in the country is a great achievement. When you combine that third place finish with Lars Brovold's second place finish last year, I think it's a step taken that shows Alabama is starting to do more than host the Jerry Pate, it's contending."
Alabama returns to play again October 18-19th at the University of Tennessee's Tournament of Champions in Knoxville.
