Oct. 26, 2002

Stanford, Calif.. - The University of Missouri men's golf squad competed in Round 2 of The Nelson Invitational in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday. The Tigers are now in 14th after shooting a 296 in the second round of the tournament and carries a two-round total of 588. Georgia Tech leads the tourney with a total of 565 heading into the final day.

Senior Chris Happ is currently the top Tiger individually in 29th place. After firing his best round of the season yesterday (69), Happ carded a 76 for a two-day total of 145, just 10 strokes off the lead and six out of the top five.

Junior David Jenkins had a solid round in Day 2 firing a 73 and is in 50th while senior Cory Ewert had sort of a rough time of it shooting a 79 after pouring in a 71 in the first round and is tied for 59th. Junior Mike Radek is also tied for 59th after shooting consistent rounds of 76 and 74 while junior Brandon Knaub sits in 66th with a two round total of 151.

The Tiger's wrap up The Nelson with shotgun tee times set for 8 a.m. on Sunday morning. For a wrap up of the final round, log onto www.mutigers.com tomorrow evening.

TEAM STANDINGS
Pl	Team	                1st	2nd 	3rd	Total
1	Georgia Tech	        283	282		565
	Duke 	                278	287		565
3	Colorado State	        281	290		571
4	North Carolina St	293	271		572
5	Kansas	                288	287		575
6	Washington	        274	303		577
7	Toledo 	                291     287		578
	Stanford	        285	293		578
9	Miami (OH)	        292	288		580
10	Notre Dame	        285	296		581
11	Northwestern	        289	293		582
12	Oregon State	        292	292		584
13	Colorado	        294	291		585
14	Missouri	        292	296		592
15	Texas Tech	        296	296		592
16	Florida Southern	296	298		594
17	Idaho	                304	297		601
18	Hawaii-Hilo	        308	299		607






INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Pl	Player (School)	       1st	2nd	3rd	Tot
1	Nicholas Thompson (GT)	66	69		135
2	Justin Walters (NCSU)	70	66		136
	Leif Olson (DU)	        70	66		136
4	Brock Mackenzie (UW)	67	70		137
5	Chris Marshall (KU)	69	70		139
	Ron Won (STAN)	        68	71		139
	Tyler Hall (KU)	        69	70		139
	Mark Baldwin (ND)	67	72		139
29	Chris Happ (MU)	        69	76		145
50	David Jenkins (MU)	76	73		149
59	Cory Ewert (MU)	        71	79		150
	Mike Radek (MU)	        76	74		150
66	Brandon Knaub (MU)	78	73		151