Matt Thomas Has Top Ten Finish in First Spring Tournament

Springfield, Mo. – UMSL golfer Matt Thomas got off to a good start in the spring season with an 8th-place finish at the Drury Battle at the Creek Golf Tournament this past weekend. The Rivermen finished in eighth-place as a team in the 12-team field.

Thomas opened the tournament with a tournament low round of 2-under par 69 in Saturday's first round. It also marked a career low round for Thomas and the team's lowest round this year. He finished the second round with a 79 for a two-round score of 148 and an eighth-place finish individually. Luigi Wewege shot a 156 (80-76)for the tournament to place 29th and Tim Swoboda shot a 158 (74-84) to finish in 32nd place on the weekend. Ryan Miller placed 47th after shooting a 161 (80-81) and Diego Jimenez shot a 164 (77-86) to finish in 49th place.

As a team, UMSL finished in eighth place, shooting a 300 team score in the first round and a 320 in the season round. UMSL was just three strokes behind 7th place SIU Edwardsville and was within 11 strokes of the fourth-place team.

 

	UMSL Participants
Pl	Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
t8	Matt Thomas	69	79	148
t29	Luigi Wewege	80	76	156
t32	Tim Swoboda	74	84	158
t47	Ryan Miller	80	81	161
t49	Diego Jimenez	77	86	163