Fox ties for twelfth, Barton men’s golf finishes fifth at Conference Championships

The Barton Community College men's golf team finished in fifth place at the KJCCC Championships held at Newton's Sand Creek Golf Course.  The Cougars posted the fourth best final round score of 308 to finish ten strokes of fourth place.  The placing coupled with the solid tournament by Kansas City Kansas Community College dropped Barton to the fifth spot in the season standings, the best since the 2011 season.  Winfield freshman Landon Fox fired a team low 75 in the final round to place 12th to lead four Cougars in the top twenty-one of the individual.  Barton will next compete at the Region VI and District III Championship April 28-29 at the Championship Course at Alvamar in Lawrence, Kansas.

Team Standings (Final 54 Holes):
1 Dodge City CC 298 304 302 904 +40
2 Johnson County CC 301 316 293 910 +46
3 Kansas City KS CC 306 311 300 917 +53
4 Hutchinson CC 304 310 309 923 +59
5 Barton County CC 314 311 308 933 +69
6 Garden City CC 324 319 314 957 +93
7 Independence CC 316 318 325 959 +95
8 Coffeyville CC 315 339 320 974 +110
9 Allen County CC 331 335 330 996 +132

Barton Individual Results (Final 54 Holes):
T-12.  Landon Fox  78 78 75  231 +15
T-17.  Alex Hobelmann  79 75 79  233 +17
          Jeremie Eloy  80 77 76  233 +17
T-21.  Kyle Hoover  77 81 78  236 +20
T-40.  Bryer Livermore  82 83 85  250 +34 *Competing as an individual
   42.  Koby Beougher  81 86 85  252 +36