MEN'S GOLF WINS SECOND TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON
Balog's First-Place Showing Leads Ferris To Findlay Oiler Invitational Title
 | Alex Balog fired a career-best 141 two-round score to garner top individual honors as Ferris State claimed its second tournament title of the season. |
Freshman Alex Balog claimed top individual medalist honors while leading the Ferris State men's golf team to its second team tourney title of the 2003-04 season as the Bulldogs won the Findlay Oiler Invitational with a two-round five-over par 581 score.
Ferris posted an opening-round 295 score in Friday's action and then followed with a 286-stroke total in Saturday's final-round competition to claim top honors with a team season-leading 581 two-round total among the 14-team field. Wayne State took second place with a 604 team score (+28) while Grand Valley State registered a 611 score (+35) to place third. Host Findlay finished 31 strokes behind Ferris State to garner fourth place as a result of shooting a 612-stroke total.
The opening round was played on the par 72, 6,612-yard Sycamore Springs Golf Course in Arlington, Ohio while the final round was conducted on the par 72, 7,155-yard Red Hawk Run Golf Course in Findlay, Ohio.
Balog carded a career-best 141 (71-70--141) to achieve first-place plaudits while senior Chris Griffin and freshman Kyle Mason each totaled 147 scores to finish tied for second place. Griffin (77-70--147) and Mason (74-73--147) tied with frosh Jeff Carlson, who also fired a 147 (73-74--147) but competed as a non-scoring individual.
Senior Jon Pazdera's 150 score (73-77--150) tied him for 10th place while senior Everett Leonard rounded out the scoring for Ferris with a 20th-place 152-stroke total (79-73--152).
Two FSU golfers also participated on an individual basis. Senior Craig Piscopink shot a sixth-place 148 (72-76--148) while senior Pat Simmer totaled a 29th-place tying 155 score (79-76--155).
Ferris State's other first-place showing occurred at the Bay Valley Intercollegiate Tournament last fall (Sept. 26-27) in Bay City, Mich. as the Bulldogs compiled a 36-hole 596 team score (292-304--596).
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