Sept. 8, 2008

9.8.08 - The MACU golf team is in second place going into the final round at the Central Baptist Invitational. MACU has a team score of 321, which is 12 strokes behind the leader, Central Baptist College. Freshman Karl Griffith shot a 76 and is tied for third overall. Griffith is two shots back of leader (74).

Other MACU golfers contributing to the second place result in day one were: Weston Wright who shot an 82, Ryan Hopson with a score of 80, Andrew Shepard shot an 83.

"The coarse is playing tougher than we expected it to," MACU Golf Coach Marcus Crandall said. "The greens are slower than we are familiar with but we are happy to be sitting in second place. We are ready to go back out tomorrow and try to chase the leader."