FHSU Sports Information Department
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lane Pauls of Fort Hays State Men’s Golf made a charge over the final two rounds at the MIAA Championships to finish in a tie for second place individually. The tournament was contested at Tiffany Greens Golf Club, a par-72 layout.
Pauls shot two consecutive rounds of 71 (1-under par) to move from eighth place after the first day to second by the end of the tournament. Pauls and tournament champion Blake Lammers of Lincoln University were the only two golfers in the field to shoot two of the three rounds under par. Pauls did it over the final two while Lammers did it in the first and third rounds.
Lammers had the round of the tournament to win the championship on Wednesday, shooting a 4-under par 68 to run away at 6-under par overall. He was 2-under after the first round, then shot even in the second round. Pauls and Logan Gray of Central Oklahoma tied for second seven strokes back at 1-over par overall. Pauls shot rounds of 75, 71, and 71 while Gray shot rounds of 74, 72, and 71.
Fort Hays State took 11th as a team, shooting a three-round total of 959. Koby Beougher was 47th with rounds of 88, 74, and 80. Cash Hobson was 50th with rounds of 80, 84, and 88. Seve Sites and Kade Megaffin finished in a tie for 53rd, each with a total of 259. Sites shot 98, 77, and 84, while Megaffin shot 92, 82, and 85. Megaffin figured into the team scoring in all three rounds.
Central Oklahoma won the tournament as a team, shooting 882. Lindenwood was nine strokes back at 891 and Central Missouri was third at 892. Central Oklahoma also won the regular season team title with 52 points over the four sanctioned MIAA events for the season. Central Missouri was second with 49 points.