Columbia News

The University of Missouri men's golf team concluded its fall season at The Clerico tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma, securing a 12th-place finish. The Tigers posted their best score of the event on the final day, surpassing two teams ranked among the top 50 nationally.

Head coach Glen Millican commented on the team's performance: "The last event of the fall was a tough finish for us, competing on a championship golf course in testing conditions. Overall, we had a good season this fall. It stings a little with the ending but in all reality, it was one bad tournament to go with four pretty good results. We did a nice job of showing improvement throughout the fall and have some positive momentum going into the offseason. We know some of the areas we need to work on to reach another level in the spring."

Sophomore Trent Mierl led Missouri with a total score of 223 (+13) over three days. This marks his second consecutive tournament as team leader and his fifth time leading scoring for Missouri out of 16 career events. He finished 31st overall.

Junior Bradley Mulder recorded Missouri's best round on the final day with a score of 74, including four birdies over his last 18 holes and eight total birdies during the tournament. His final tally was 228 (77-77-74).

Other contributors included Veikka Viskari (79-73-76–228), Reese Roberts (74-75-82–231), and Virgilio Paz (72-79-84–235).

Auburn, currently ranked number one nationally according to coaches' polls, won The Clerico by six strokes ahead of Oklahoma State and finished +11 on the last day.

Missouri will resume competition in its spring season at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawaii starting Thursday, February 12.