Air Force Golfers Set Records at Agua Caliente AFA Collegiate Invitational
    Tom Whitney Fires School Record 202

    Junior Shaun O'Bryant
    Junior Shaun O'Bryant

    Nov. 11, 2007

    Palm Springs, Calif. - Setting records for the lowest team and individual tournament scores in school history, the Air Force golf team finished in eighth place at its own Agua Caliente AFA Collegiate Invitational, being held at the 6,582-yard, par-72 Indian Canyons Golf Resort.

    The Falcons turned in a three-round score of 840, beating the previous record of 851 set in 1998. Meanwhile, sophomore Tom Whitney (La Quinta, Calif.), who finished tied for 11th, fired a school-record tying round of 65 on Sunday, bringing his 54-hole total to 202. Whitney's three-round score set a new Academy record, besting the former record of 205 set in 2004.

    Also posting Academy top-10 scores were juniors Shaun O'Bryant (Colorado Springs, Calif.) and Andrew Gibson (San Ramon, Calif.). O'Bryant finished tied for 27th at 210 (-6), while Gibson finished a stroke behind in a tie for 29th place. Rounding out the group for the Falcons' first team were Bob Whitney (Sr., La Quinta, Calif.), tying for 47th at 218 (+2), and Jack Kasting (Fr., Jenks, Okla.), in 51st place at 223.

    Meanwhile, the Air Force Blue team finished 11th, firing a three-round total of 885. Freshman Kyle Bailey (Austin, Texas) was the second team's top performer, finishing at an even-par 216 to tie for 44th place, while Aaron White (Fr., Hereford, Texas) placed 49th at 219. Also competing for the Falcons were Matt Tanis (Sr., Asbury, N.J.), Jared Freeman (Sr., Brazil, Ind.) and Josh McFarland (So., Layton, Utah).

     

     

    Colorado State ran away with the team title, scoring a remarkable 77-under-par 787. Capturing medalist honors was the Rams' Dustin Morris, who fired a course-record tying 63 on Sunday to finish at 194 (-22). A total of four players on the weekend fired rounds of 63 to set the new course record, including Denver's Jeff Koprivetz and Espen Kofstad and Southern Utah's Matt McArthur.

    With the fall season under wraps, the Falcons are off until Feb. 18 when they open the spring season at the UTSA Intercollegiate in San Antonio, Texas.

    Day One Results
    8 Air Force 284-275-281 840
    T11 Tom Whitney 71-66-65 202
    T27 Shaun O'Bryant 68-70-72 210
    T29 Andrew Gibson 70-69-72 211
    T47 Bob Whitney 75-70-73 218
    51 Jack Kasting 79-72-72 223

    11 Air Force Blue 299-295-291 885
    T44 Kyle Bailey 74-71-71 216
    49 Aaron White 75-71-73 219
    53 Matt Tanis 75-78-72 225
    54 Jared Freeman 75-79-75 229
    57 Josh McFarland 78-75-84 237

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