Golfer, ftnt,fl tflird in league With a third place finish in the 1976 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference race, the Bison golf team completed its finest season on record. In the twoday, 36-hole tournament at Maumelle Country Club outside Little Rock, sophomore Jeff Price was Harding's highest individual finisher with 161 strokes for fifth place. The golfers had participated in two quadrangular tournaments in March and April against AIC schools at Maumelle prior to the conference championships. In the former, Harding tied with the University of Central Arkansas for first place with a total of 342 strokes. Price was the runner-up medalist with 83. In the latter, UCA topped the Bisons by five strokes to win the tournament, but Harding sophomore Lynn Pettus recorded a low score of 76 and walked away with medalist honors. 1. All-AIC golfer, Jeff Price, chips out the green from a difficult lie. 2. BLASTING out of the sand trap, Lynn Pettus follows through on his stroke. 3. GOLF TEAM: FIRST ROW: Elliott, Price, Fowler, Meadows, Hackney. SECOND ROW: Bryan, Pettus, Watson, Erickson, Johnson. THIRD ROW: Peden, K. Whisenhunt, Stephens, G. Whisenhunt, Showalter, Emerson, Coach Watkins. 4. HITTING a three wood in the freeway, Stan Phipps puts his body into the swing. 242- GOLF , Ii.. /co,eboard 1976 AIC GOLF RESULTS Hendrix College 644 Southern Arkansas University 655 Harding College 680 Ouachita Baptist University 691 Arkansas Tech University 720 Henderson State University 721 ~
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