The lefty Racer carded a final round 69 to help Murray State to a fourth-place finish at Porto Cima in the Lake of the Ozarks area
The Murray State men’s golf team held on to fourth place at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, better than the fifth place showing they had a year ago in their first run at The Valley title.
Playing the final round at The Club at Porto Cima in Sunrise Beach, Missouri, the Racers got a score of 3-under par 69 from Jay Nimmo to finish out with a score line of 296-289-294=879. MSU beat out Drake (883) by four shots and finished 11 shots from third place Valparaiso (868).
Nimmo, who placed sixth, had something special in the works when he made the turn with a 5-under-par 31 after he made birdie on 5-of-6 holes. Creating numerous birdie chances on the back nine, he wasn’t able to cash in and an unfortunate double-bogey at the 18th finished out the day. Nimmo’s score line was 72-73-69=214 (2-under-par).
Nimo’s 69 was one shot from the MSU single round record at The Valley Championship. Trey Lewis carded a 68 a year ago in the second round at Oakwood CC in Coal Valley, Illinois, where he finished third.
MSU freshman, Lennon Albans, brought home a 15th place finish on rounds of 74-71-75=220.
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Missouri Valley Conference Championship
April 21-23, 2024 – Sunrise Beach, Mo.
The Club at Porto Cima – Par 72/7,060
Final Results
Team
Southern Illinois 278 287 291 856 -8
Missouri State 285 294 285 864 E
Valparaiso 291 292 285 868 +4
Murray State 296 289 294 879 +15
Drake 297 300 286 883 +19
Belmont 295 293 300 888 +24
Evansville 300 304 301 905 +41
Illinois State 299 308 300 907 +43
Bradley University 297 306 308 911 +47
Northern Iowa 302 308 304 914 +50
4 Murray State 296 289 294 879
T6 Jay Nimmo (5) 72 73 69 214
T15 Lennon Albans (3) 74 71 75 220
T21 Brady Haake (1) 74 74 75 223
T21 Kamaren Cunningham (2) 77 71 75 223
40 Trey Lewis (4) 76 83 75 234