Men grab fifth place at tourney

All season long the Michigan men's golf team has been puzzled.

Who are the top five players?

Week in and week out, the Wolverines have been varying the lineup to try and answer the question. And still no answers have appeared as various players have led the team on various occasions.

But this past weekend at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, the picture cleared up a little.

Under poor conditions which Michigan coach Jim Carras described as his fifth-worst day on the golf course, the team had one of its most successful outings.

The tournament was composed of 15 teams that created one of the strongest fields the Wolverines have faced this year. Regardless of the bad conditions, the team finished fifth with a score of 915 that was only eight strokes out of second place.

"The weather won the war," Carras said. "It was a good tournament for us."

Michigan was paced by junior Mike Harris and sophomore Scott Hayes. The two both shot 228 for the tournament. Andrew Chapman, Andy Matthews and Brian Siepke composed the remainder of the five-man squad.

04-19-99