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Senior Kyle Ellis Highlights Rebels At Scenic City Invitational
9/11/2007 | Men's Golf
Senior Kyle Ellis led the Rebels, finishing in a tie for 17th with a 73-72-69214. The Senatobia native recorded his 15th career top-20 finish.
The Rebels fired a 281 in the first round on Monday, but then shot as head coach Ernest Ross put it, “an uncharacteristically bad round” in the second 18 to drop down to a tie for 10th heading into the final 18. Tuesday, the team rebounded to post a 284, which included playing the back-nine in a driving rainstorm.
“I am proud of the comeback today,” Ross said. “We might have played even better, but we got in a hard rainstorm on the back nine. We shot ourselves in the foot with a terrible second round. We will come back and go to work on correcting our mistakes.”
Fellow senior David Marino started off the tournament great, with a 68. He posted a 76 in the second round and concluded with a 72 to finish at 216.
Making his debut for the Rebels, freshman and Brandon native Jonathan Randolph shot 71-77-72220. Also playing for the first time as a Rebel, Chris Mullhaupt turned in a 73-77-71221. After shooting an opening-round 69, transfer Jesse Speirs posted rounds of 75, 81 for a total of 225.
The Rebels return to the links Sept. 24-25 at the Shoal Creek Invitational in
