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| Written by Trevor Harris, The Shorthorn staff | ||||
| Wednesday, 04 November 2009 08:00 PM | ||||
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The UTA men’s golf team achieved one of its goals earlier this week, but one of the most impressive feats came from junior Zach Fischer who stood alone at the top of leaderboard on Tuesday. The team participated in the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate Tournament in Springfield, La., Monday and Tuesday. The last time Fischer and the team were on the course, he lost in a 3-hole playoff. The junior from Texarkana made sure to hold on this time. After the first day, Fischer was tied for third in the tournament with a total of 142 through two rounds. Heading into the final round on Tuesday, Fischer followed head coach Jay Rees’ advice. “Coach and I were talking before the round and he said that if I get off to a really quick start, then maybe I could win the tournament,” Fischer said. “And luckily I got off to probably the fastest start that I could have.” Fischer finished the tournament with a birdie on the final hole to seal the victory. Fischer’s 5-under 67 propelled him to his first individual championship this season, along with the second of his career. Rees said Fischer’s dedication to get better has been a key to his success. “I think that he’s worked very hard preparing for these tournaments,” Rees said. “He has worked very hard on his golf swing, and I think that is showing with the consistency in his game.” A team’s goals this season was to beat each of its Southland Conference opponents at least once. After UTA’s fifth-place team finish, the team’s goal was reached. The team beat out Southeastern Louisiana in the tournament with a total score of 875. The team was five strokes back of winner Louisiana-Lafayette University on Tuesday. Senior Bryce Easton and junior Wes Worster finished strong with top 25 finishes as they shot totals of 220 and 221 respectively. Junior Donald Dowie contributed with a 228 and senior Bobby Massa shot a total of 240. Freshman Hunter Brown went into the tournament as an individual but wrapped up his impressive first fall season with total of 223. With the team on its way to offseason, Brown said beating each of the conference opponents at least once this fall would only help the team come spring. “Beating all of those guys was something coach really wanted us to do,” he said. “But since we’ve beat them now, we just have to beat them at the right time in the conference tournament.” Views: 836 | E-mail
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