Men's Golf Finishes Fourth At Conference USA Championship

Wednesday, April 21

Lake Jovita, Fla.

All Day

UAB

C-USA Tournament

Clark Brown finished tied for fourth overall to lead UAB at the Conference USA Championship.

Men's Golf Finishes Fourth At Conference USA Championship

4/21/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

April 21, 2004

DADE CITY, Fla. ----- Sophomore Clark Brown finished in a tie for fourth overall to lead the UAB men's golf team to a fourth-place finish at the Conference USA Men's Golf Championship. In addition, junior Chris Cousins was named All-Conference USA First Team, while Tigh VanLeeuwen was named to the third team. Brown also earned all-tournament honors for his fourth-place finish.

As a team, the Blazers showed consistent improvement on the par 72, 7,153-yard Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club. After opening the tournament with a team score of 300, the Blazers had rounds of 294 and 288 to end the tournament with an 882.

"I am proud of the way we finished," UAB head coach Alan Kaufman said. "Our guys played good throughout the tournament. This was a tough course with a lot of very good golf teams.

"Chris and Tigh definitely deserved to be named all-conference and I am happy they are receiving the deserved recognition. Both were big reasons for our success on the season."

Brown finished Wednesday's final round with a one-under par, 71, to close tournament play with a 218 (75-72-71). The fourth-place finish was his best of the 2003-04 campaign. Junior Ryan Thomas had the best day of all the UAB golfers, finishing with a two-under 70 on Wednesday. Thomas ended the tournament tied for 15th overall with a 221 (76-75-70).

VanLeeuwen finished in a tie for 28th with a 224 (75-75-74), while sophomore Nathan Turner finished tied for 30th with a 225 (74-72-79). Freshman Garrett Osborn rounded out the UAB golfers with a 229 (77-79-73) to finish tied for 41st overall. Cousins, who leads UAB with a 72.2 per-round average, was injured and did not compete in the tournament.

Guided by Adam Meyer's wire-to-wire lead, the No. 10 ranked TCU men's golf team turned in a final round score of 287 to claim its third straight Conference USA Tournament title. Meyer claimed medalist honors, following rounds of 68 and 69, Monday and Tuesday, with a three-under par, 69 on the final day for a tournament best 206, finishing 10 under par. The Horned Frogs finished with a tournament total of 859, winning by 12 strokes

Charlotte produced three of the top six finishers en route to a second place showing with an 871. Southern Miss produced a third place finish with a total of 880, the third time in four years that it has placed in third. The Blazers were two shots behind the Golden Eagles, while USF rounded out the top five with a score of 885.

Houston (894), Tulane (897), Louisville (898), Memphis (898) and Marquette (902) rounded out spots 6-10, while East Carolina (908), Saint Louis (910), Cincinnati (936) and DePaul (950), finished 11-14, respectively.

Conference USA also announced its 2004 awards on Wednesday, with TCU taking two of the three individual accolades.

Adam Meyer, who was the Conference USA Freshman of the Year last season, was named as the league's 2004 Player of the Year. Bill Montigel earned Coach of the Year honors for the third year in a row as a member of C-USA, and the fifth time in his career. Tulane's Michael Thompson won the Freshman of the Year award, becoming the first Green Wave golfer to win the award as a member of C-USA.

2004 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S GOLF AWARDS

Player of the Year

Adam Meyer, TCU

Freshman of the Year

Michael Thompson, Tulane

Coach of the Year

Bill Montigel, TCU

First Team All-Conference

Colby Beckstrom, TCU

Chris Cousins, UAB

David Schultz, TCU

Adam Meyer, TCU