April 3, 2004

LAREDO, Texas - Michigan State men's golf finished in 15th place at the 53rd annual Border Olympics on Saturday, April 3. This year's tournament is being held at the par 72, 7,125-yard Laredo Country Club.

The Spartans shot a three-round total of 893 (297-290-306), including a 290 in Friday's afternoon session.

SMU, which led the 17-team field heading into Saturday' final round, earned the team title with an 852 (282-276-294), while Baylor was second with an 859 (286-283-290). BYU (862), Colorado State (866) and San Diego State (869) rounded out the top five teams.

Individually, junior Andrew Ruthkoski (Muskegon, Mich.) paced the Spartans as he finished tied for 12th with a 215 (70-70-75). Colorado State's Martin Laird took medalist honors after shooting a 207 (68-68-71).

Freshman Matt Harmon (Grand Rapids, Mich.) finished 41st with a 222 (75-72-75). Senior Ben Fox (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and red-shirt freshman Zac Zedrick (Danville, Ill.) tied for 69th with a 229. Fox shots rounds of 75-77-77, while Zedrick posted rounds of 77-73-79.

Rounding out the Spartan line-up is senior Casey Lubahn (Sand Lake, Mich.), who placed 92nd after shooting a 242 (87-75-80).

MSU returns to action at the Boilermaker Invitational April 10-11.

53rd Border Olympics
Laredo Country Club (Laredo, Texas)
April 2-3, 2004

Final Team Standings
Place	Name	        Scores
1	SMU             852 (282-276-294)
2	Baylor          859 (286-283-290)
3	BYU             862 (290-282-290)
4	Colorado State	866 (291-285-290)
5	San Diego State	869 (287-286-296)
6	Arkansas	872 (293-284-295)
7	Texas A&M	875 (296-282-297)
8	Texas Tech	876 (290-288-298)
9	Lamar           877 (289-285-303)
T10	Texas-Arlington	881 (299-290-292)
T10	North Texas	881 (289-298-294)
T12	Southern La.	890 (291-298-301)
T12	Texas-San Antonio	890 (302-292-296)
14	Houston         892 (292-295-305)
15	Michigan State	893 (297-290-306)
16	Rice            901 (290-304-307)
17	Texas State	908 (301-298-309)


Final Top 10 Individual Results
Place	Name, School	        Scores
1	Martin Laird, CSU	207 (68-68-71)
T2	Ryan Baca, Baylor	208 (69-71-68)
T2	Jerad Harklau, SMU	208 (65-69-74)
T4	Chris Stroud, Lamar	210 (69-70-71)
T4	Oscar Alvarez, BYU	210 (73-68-69)
6	Greg Machtaler, BYU	211 (70-69-72)
T7	Zach Mowbray, Houston	212 (71-69-72)
T7	Aaron Choi, SDSU	212 (68-73-71)
9	Will Dodson, SMU	213 (72-66-74)
T10	David Tasker, Texas A&M	214 (71-70-73)
T10	Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech	214 (70-70-74)


Final MSU Individual Standings
Andrew Ruthkoski	70-70-75=215 (tied for 12th)
Matt Harmon		75-72-75=222 (tied for 41st)
Ben Fox			75-77-77=229 (tied for 69th)
Zac Zedrick		77-73-79=229 (tied for 69th)
Casey Lubahn		87-75-80=242 (92nd)