Falcons Conclude the Lone Star Invitational with a Final Round 303

Tuesday, March 22

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Falcons Conclude the Lone Star Invitational with a Final Round 303

March 22, 2016 | Men's Golf

By: by Kevin Davis, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

Results: Final Combined Results at Golfstat.com (HTML)
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Results: Final Combined Results (PDF)

San Antonio, Texas – The Bowling Green State University men's golf team concluded its two days of play at the 2016 Lone Star Invitational hosted by UT-San Antonio with a final round team score of 303, +15, at the Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas to finish in 11th-place overall in the team standings with a 54-hole team score of 914, +50.

The Falcons posted rounds of 305, 306 and 303 over the three rounds of play to make up their final team score of 914, +50. BGSU finished in front of six teams in the 17-tournament field in Cincinnati (921), Louisiana-Lafayette (921), Texas State (930), Miami (Ohio) (931), New Mexico State (932) and Houston Baptist (940).

Bowling Green also finished just two strokes behind both Ohio State (903) and Arkansas-Little Rock (903) who finished tied for eighth overall.

"I was pleased with the way Jose and Pablo finished the tournament out on a high note with solid final rounds today," stated head coach Kevin Farrell. "But for us to compete at the level we want to compete at, we have to put together better team rounds from top to bottom. We have to be able to get four solid scores each round and also have to be able to have our players put together a solid 54-holes."

Jose Narro saved his best for last this week, as the junior fired a final round 70, -2 under par, on Tuesday to leap up the individual leaderboard to finish in a tie for 26th-place overall. Narro, who entered the final day of play in a tie at 52nd-place, finished his two days of play with rounds of 73, 83 and 70 for a 54-hole score of 226, +10. The Tampico, Mexico native, who played high school golf in the state of Texas, tallied four straight birdies from holes 11 to 14 and finished the day with a total of six birdies and eight pars. Over his 54-holes of play, Narro recorded a team-high nine birdies to go along with 27 pars.

Like Narro, Pablo Heredia Iglesias turned in his best score on the week with a final round 74, +2, on Tuesday. The first-year Falcon finished the event with rounds of 76, 79 and 74 to place in a tie for 41st with his 54-hole score of 229, +13. Iglesias was consistent on day two of play, shooting two birdies and 14 pars on Tuesday. For the two-day event, Iglesias finished with one eagle, six birdies and 32 pars.

Junior Brett Rinker finished just one stroke behind Iglesias with a 54-hole score of 230, +14, to finish in a tie for 44th overall. Rinker, who tallied rounds of 73 and 75 on Monday, carded a final round 82, +10, on Tuesday, which included one birdie and nine pars. He tallied six birdies and 31 pars over his 54-hole performance.

Rounding out the lineup for the Falcons at the Lone Star Invitational were first-year Falcons in Max Rispler and Trey Walker.

Rispler ended his two days of play with a final round of 77, +5, to go along with his first two rounds of 91 and 74 from Monday for a final 54-hole score of 242, +26. Rispler, who placed in a tie for 87th, was up-and-down all three rounds at the Briggs Ranch Golf Club, finishing with seven birdies and 24 pars.

Walker placed in a tie for 93rd overall with his 54-hole score of 245, +29. The freshman carded rounds of 83, 78 and 84 over the three-round event. He finished with one eagle, two birdies and 27 pars over his 54 holes of play on the week.

As a team, the Falcons posted a par-5 scoring average of 4.87, -8 under par, for the two-day event and finished tied for third in eagles with two overall.

The New Mexico Lobos, ranked No. 50 nationally, held on for the first-place team win with a final team score of 877, +13. Rice made things interesting over the final round of play on Tuesday, shooting a score of 286, -2 under par, to climb into second-place with a score of 883, +19.

Rounding out the top-five in the team standings were North Texas (890), UTEP (896), UTSA (898) and Mississippi State (898), as the Roadrunners and Bulldogs placed in a tie for fifth-place overall.

BGSU will return to action in just over two weeks when the Falcons will tee-off at the Robert Kepler Invitational hosted by Ohio State University on April 9-10. The Buckeyes' tournament falls just before the Falcons' annual Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational which will take place on April 11-12 at The Old White TPC Course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

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11th – Bowling Green – 305, 306, 303 = 914, +50
T26. Jose Narro – 73, 83, 70 = 226, +10
T41. Pablo Heredia Iglesias – 76, 79, 74 = 229, +13
T44. Brett Rinker – 73, 75, 82 = 230, +14
T87. Max Rispler – 91, 74, 77 = 242, +26
T93. Trey Walker – 83, 78, 84 = 245, +29