HOUSTON – Jose Miguel Ramirez put up his best performance of the season to lead the Shockers to a fifth-place finish in the Bayou City Collegiate Classic at Westwood Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Shockers took home fifth place at three strokes under par as a team, with round scores of 290, 287, and 282.

Sam Houston State won the Invitational by a razor thin margin, finishing 27 strokes under par, just two ahead of second place Abilene Christian. Louisiana State individual competitor Noah McWilliams won the tournament crown in dramatic fashion, carding a birdie on the third playoff hole to take the title over Rice’s Lukas Boandle and Daniel Zou.

 

After a tough start in round one, the Shockers managed to find some balanced consistency in round two, led by Ramirez, who finished the day at four-under par, but the Shockers still found themselves sitting in eighth place on the leaderboard, unable to overcome a rough start.

 

In the final round, the Shocker lineup improved across the board, led again by Ramirez, who finished three under par for the round. Michael Winslow chimed in with a two-under performance, while Ty Adkins and Mitch Revie added a one-under and even-par round, respectively, to pull the Shockers up three spots to fifth place.

 

The performance for Ramirez is by far his best as a Shocker so far, setting new lows for 18- and 54-hole scores.

 

FINAL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

t-9th Jose Ramirez: 70-70-69—209 (-7)

t-28th Mitch Revie: 72-71-72—215 (-1)

t-35th Michael Winslow: 74-73-70–217 (+1)

t-44th Ty Adkins: 76-73-71–220 (+4)

t-75th Lucas Scheufler: 78-79-76–233 (+17)

 

Team: 5th, 290-287-282–861 (-3)

 

Final Team Standings

1st. Sam Houston State 273-278-286—837 (-27)

2nd. Abilene Christian 275-276-288—839 (-25)

3rd. Rice 274-280-287—841 (-23)

4th. Louisiana-Monroe 285-285-281—851 (-13)

5th. Wichita State 292-287-282—861 (-3)

6th. UTRGV 285-293-286—864 (E)

7th. Lamar 290-287-293—870 (+6)

8th. Houston Christian 295-283-295—873 (+9)

9th. Samford 299-287-296—882 (+18)

10th. UT-Arlington 290-299-303—892 (+28)

 

The Shockers return home to host the third annual Grier Jones Shocker Invitational at Sand Creek Station Golf Club in Newton, Kansas, October 6-8.