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Utah Places Second at Southwest Team Challenge
Utah Team 3 (left to right): Patrick Murphy, Randy Hicken, Cameron Crawford, Ryan Brimley
By Megan Terry, UGA Programs Administrator
Five teams represented Utah at the 2016 Southwest Team Challenge at Cascata Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada. Team 1 consisted of the champions and senior champions of the 2016 Utah Four-Ball Championship, and Teams 2 and 3 were comprised of the first-four players eligible on the PPR and SPPR Rankings after the Utah Four-Ball Championship.
Following Day 1, Team 2 (Dan Horner, Darrin Overson, Dana Nelson and Brett Sampson) earned 22 Four-Ball modified Stableford points to place them in second, three points behind Texas. Team 3 (Cameron Crawford, Ryan Brimley, Patrick Murphy and Randy Hicken) was close on their heels with 17 points and Team 1 (Tanner Alder, David Jennings, Guy Child and Kurt Jamison) reeled in 14 points.
Team 3 managed to stay in the game during Day 2 and earned another 17 points to move up the leaderboard and overtake Team 2’s second-round score of nine points. Utah 5 (Christian Jensen, Brandon Hargett, Mike Jorgensen and Kirk Siddens) had a slow start with seven points during the first day, but the team remained focused and determined enough to make a comeback during Day 2 with 16 points, bringing their two-day total to 23 points.
The third and final round was a race to catch Texas at 52 points. Teams 1 and 5 finished Day 3 with 7 points each and a tie for sixth place. Team 2 improved after struggling during the second round and brought in 16 Day 3 points, placing them in third place with 47 total points. Team 3 played another strong round and added 20 more points to their two-day, 34-point total. Still, Texas was way ahead of the game with 65 points, and Utah Team 3 earned the runner-up title with 54 points. Team 4 (Karl Avant, Rafe Johnston, Bill Probst and Michael Hacker) finished in thirteenth place with -1 point.
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