Two K-State men compete in UMKC tourney

The K-State men’s golf team sent two individuals to the Bill Ross Intercolegiate Monday.

Junior Ross Geubelle and freshman Ben Juffer are competing strictly as individuals in the tournament hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The rest of the team did not make the trip and there will be no team score recorded for K-State in this tournament.

In the first two rounds of the tournament, Geubelle shot a 13-over-par 157 and Juffer shot a 12-over-par 156. Juffer is tied for 42nd place, while Geubelle is tied for 48th place. Redshirt freshman Chase Chamberlin was also scheduled to make the trip, but did not go because of illness.

In an interview last week, head coach Tim Norris said he wanted to take the three players to compete as individuals in order to give them a chance to gain some experience playing in tournaments.

Geubelle played consistently in both rounds Monday, shooting a 78 in the first 18 holes and a 79 in the second. Juffer was less consistent, but settled into a record 2-over-par 74 in the second round after shooting a 10-over-par 82 in the first 18-holes.

“Overall, I think both players played better in the afternoon than they did in the morning round,” Norris said. “Obviously, Ross’s score doesn’t reflect it as much as Ben’s, but both golfers made progress.”

Today is the final round of the tournament, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Coach Norris said the difficulty of the golf course was high, with tomorrow’s round possibly being tougher.

“The golf course was pretty difficult,” Norris said. “We did not play at full length today, tomorrow they are moving the tees back, so we’ll probably play another 100 yards of golf or so tomorrow.”