22nd ranked Cougar golf opens conference season with fourth place finish #GoBarton #RoarCougs

The 22nd ranked Barton Community College men's golf team opened up conference play with a fourth place finish Monday in the thirty-six hole tournament held at Manhattan's Colbert Hills Golf Course.

The Cougars posted a 311 in the morning round to sit tied in the third place and despite carding an even better 3-5 round in the afternoon, Barton fell a spot in the standings with a combined 40-over 616 score.

Ryotaro Tsuji tied for fifth individually, improving on an opening 76 to climb four spots with a 74 for a 6-over 150 score.

Two other Cougars cracked the Top-20 of the forty-six man field as Renan Laveissiere and William took different paths to end up in a five-way tie for 17th at 13-over 157. Laveissiere followed an opening 77 with an 80 to fall four spots down the leaderboard while Barnak leaped up fourteen spots in a rough collegiate debut 84 to tie for the afternoon's fifth best round of 73.

Barton Individuals (36 Holes, Par 72)
T5 - Ryotaro Tsuji +6 150 (76-74)
T17 - Renan Laveissiere +13 157 (77-80) and William Barnak +13 157 (84-73)
T23 – Adam Price +14 158 (80-78)
25 – Kelby Titus +16 160 (78-82)
29 - Takerngsak Chuaychoo +19 163 (88-75)
32 - Panupong Chuaychoo +23 167 (80-87)

Team scores
1 - #10 Hutchinson CC +15 591 (294-297)
2 - #15 Dodge City CC +31 607 (296-311)
3 - #16 Garden City CC +34 610 (303-307)
4 - #22 Barton CC +40 616 (311-305)
5 - #25 Kansas City Ks CC +64 640 (321-319)
6 - Hesston College +74 650 (326-324)
7 - Allen County CC +152 728 (363-365)
8 - #29 Coffeyville CC +162 738 (389-349)

Complete KJCCC Meet No. 1 Results: Team  Individual

Barton's next action will come in few weeks as the Cougars travel to Newton for the KJCCC Meet No. 2 held Monday and Tuesday, April 15-16, at Sand Creek Station Golf Course.