Feb. 28, 2007

The George Mason golf team finished their first tournament of the spring season in 14th place at the Argonaut Invitational in Pensacola, Fla. The team did not move up or down after the final round played Tuesday morning at the par 72, 6,815 yard Pensacola Country Club.

Dan Hurley led the Patriots finishing 50th with a three round total (73-78-78=229). Nick DeSimone was tied with Hurly as Mason's leader, but carded a 88 on the final round to finish with a three-round 239 ((78-73-88). J.J. Amoruso had a rough time in the first two rounds, but shot even par 72 in the third and final round (84-82-72=238).Freshman Justin Wingo recorded a 239 (83-77-79) for the Patriots and Trey Bressler a 239 (83-78-78).

Fellow Colonial Athletic Association schools finished first and second with VCU edging out Old Dominion by two strokes.

	Fin.   Top 20 Teams            	 Scores
        1	VCU	289-286-289	864
	2	Old Dominion Univ.	290	282	294	866
        3 	Wichita State Univ.	296 	285	287	868
        4  	West Florida, U. of 295	286	289870
        5 	Belmont University299	282	298	879
	6	Western Carolina U.294	293	294	881
	7	Radford University 299	290	293	882
        8	Samford University  298	294	294	886
        9	Winthrop University 291	299	297	887
     	10	Eastern Kentucky U.291 	307	299	897
	11	Liberty University	298	299	306903
        12   	Drake 	300  	301	303	904
        13   	James Madison      303	306  	306	915
        14	George Mason 	317	306	307	930
	15   	Towson 	313	313	306	932