October 2, 2006

Gempel Leads Gold Team to Northern Colorado Invitational Title

Oct. 2, 2006

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GREELEY, Colo. - Junior Tom Gempel carded a final round 65 (-5) and four University of Northern Colorado golfers finished atop the leaderboard as the Bears 'Gold' Team claimed the title at its Northern Colorado Invitational held at the Greeley Country Club on Sunday and Monday.

Gempel, who had rounds of 73 and 74 to open the event, had the low round on Monday afternoon, even overcoming a double bogey on the 15th hole. Gempel bested freshman teammate Ron Alford and sophomore teammate Derek Hofmeister by four strokes for the individual title. Senior Kyle Burns was three strokes behind Alford and Hofmeister and his fourth place finish made it 1-2-3-4 for the Bears at the top of the final leaderboard.

Doug Sutter was ninth overall (+12) while Brady Garr finished 12th (+17). Freshman Ryan Boshoven, playing as an individual along with Hofmeister, was 16th (+21).

As a team the Bears were 24 strokes ahead of second place Nebraska-Kearney and 58 strokes ahead of Colorado Mines and the Air Force J.V. teams who tied for third. Colorado Christian finished fifth.

The tournament featured J.V. and Division II teams from around the state and region.

The regular Northern Colorado golf team will return to action next weekend (Oct. 8-9) at the Windon Memorial Classic hosted by Northwestern and held at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Ill.

Northern Colorado Individuals

 1. Tom Gempel           73-74-65  212 (+2)
 2. Ron Alford           70-70-76  216 (+6)
 4. Kyle Burns           79-74-66  219 (+9)
 9. Doug Sutter          72-76-74  222 (+12)
12. Brady Garr           72-78-77  227 (+17)

 2. Derek Hofmeister **  76-71-69  216 (+6)
16. Ryan Boshoven **     73-83-75  231 (+21)
** Played as an individual, not counted in team score

Final Team Standings

1. Northern Colorado Gold   287-294-281  862 (+22)
2  Nebraska-Kearney         298-291-297  886 (+46)
3  Colorado Mines           309-307-304  920 (+80)
   Air Force J.V.           299-303-318  920 (+80)
5. Colorado Christian       312-313-314  939 (+99)