11th Murray State Invitational Starts Monday

The 11th annual Murray State Invitational hosted by the Racer men's golf team is Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 22-23) at the Miller Memorial Golf Course in Murray, Ky.

An 8:30 a.m. shotgun start is slated for both days including Monday's 36 holes with Tuesday bringing the 18-hole finish.

A field of the 12 schools will tee it up on the Miller course that will play to a par of 71 and 6,601 yards.

Five Ohio Valley Conference schools are in the event as the Racers will be joined by Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State, UT Martin and Tennessee State. Non-conference teams competing include Alabama State, Christian Brothers, John A. Logan, Missouri Baptist, Northern Kentucky and Wright State.

After winning the first eight MSU Invitational titles, the Racers are eager to get back on top after finishing third in 2012 and fourth in 2013. The Racers last won the championship in 2011 when they scored a five-shot win.

A Murray State player has won the medalist title in four of the last five events including Preston French in 2013. He scored a three-shot win on rounds of 69-68-70-206. MSU's other medalist wins came from Nick Newcomb (2009), William Hunt (2010) and Patrick Newcomb (2011).

The team scoring record of 832 was in 2005 when the Racers had a six-shot win over Western Illinois. The single-round record is 272 by the Racers in 2008. The individual tournament scoring mark is 197 by Scott Stallings of Tennessee Tech in 2005. The record low score for a Murray State player is 205 by Patrick Newcomb in 2011.

The Racers will field a Navy and Gold teams.

Navy Team
Jordan Smith
Matthew Zakutney
Brock Simmons
Jared Gosser
Preston French

Gold Team
Duncan McCormick
Myles Morrissey
T.J. Ferry
Nick Choate
Daniel Taylor

Fans are invited to attend the event at the Miller Memorial Golf Course. Admission is free.

MSU Invitational History
Team

Year	Winner	Score	Runnerup	Score
2013	*Lipscomb	857	Alabama State	857
2012	Union (TN)	568	Lipscomb	569
2011	Murray State	852	Lipscomb	857
2010	Murray State	860	Belmont	867
2009	Murray State	569	Murray State - B	572
2008	Murray State	835	Central Arkansas	845
2007	Murray State	870	Tennessee Tech	875
2006	Murray State	858	Tennessee Tech	864
2005	Murray State	832	Western Illinois	838
2004	Murray State	857	Morehead State	867
* Won in playoff

Medalist

Year	Medalist	School	Score
2013	Preston French	Murray State	206
2012	*Blanton Farmer	Lipscomb	140
2011	Patrick Newcomb	Murray State	205
2010	William Hunt	Murray State	212
2009	Nick Newcomb	Murray State	138
2008	Neal McCarty	SIUE	201
2007	Josh Butterfield	Lewis	215
2006	Scott Stallings Phillip Watkins	Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech	209 209
2005	Scott Stallings	Tennessee Tech	197
2004	Kyle Hosick	Southern Illinois	208
* Won 6-way playoff

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Players Mentioned

Nick Choate

T.J. Ferry

Preston French

Jared Gosser

Duncan McCormick

Myles Morrissey

Brock Simmons

Jordan Smith

Daniel Taylor

Matthew Zakutney

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