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Sep 22, 2009

CSM golf places second at RMAC Fall Championship; Knous earns co-medalist honors


TRINIDAD, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines placed second at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Men's Golf Fall Championship on Tuesday, September 22nd, at Cougar Canyon Golf Links (par 72).

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The Orediggers finished with a team score of 303 (+15), seven strokes behind tournament champion UC-Colorado Springs (296; +8).

CSM's Jim Knous posted scores of 35 on the front nine and the back nine to finish in a tie for first place at -2, earning co-medalist honors in the process.  Joe Schwark (76; +4) tied for 12th, Elliot Feng (78; +6) tied for 23rd, Sean Hovelkamp (79; +7) tied for 29th and Adam Saban (82; +10) tied for 36th.

The RMAC Fall Championship, which was originally scheduled to be a 54-hole event, was reduced to an 18-hole competition after Monday's first two rounds were canceled due to precipitation and inclement weather.

To determine the 2009-10 RMAC Men's Golf Regular-Season Champion, each team will receive one (1) point for every RMAC team they defeat at the fall and spring championship events.  The team that finishes first will have defeated eight (8) teams and shall receive eight (8) points, the second place team would receive seven (7) points, etc.  The aggregate point total of the the fall and spring championship events will determine the 2009-10 RMAC Men's Golf Regular-Season Champion.  The champion will be the automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.

For Knous, his finish at the RMAC Fall Championship marked the third time he had earned medalist or co-medalist honors during his college career at CSM.  An NCAA Division II All-Central Region selection by PING following his freshman season in 2008-09, Knous has now finished in the top six on the individual leaderboard in nine of his 13 events at Colorado School of Mines.  Knous garnered RMAC Men's Golf Freshman of the Year and First Team All-RMAC honors in 2008-09, as well.

Knous was also ranked as high as 97th in the 2008-09 Golfstat Cup, which is that organization's list of the top 250 collegiate golfers (by scoring average) in the country.  The Golfstat Cup is comprised of individuals from all divisions of competition (NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and junior college).  Furthermore, Knous was selected to compete as the top-qualifying individual at the 2008-09 NCAA Division II West / Central Super Regional last spring.  Knous, who tied for 17th place at the Super Regional, established CSM's three-round, par-71 individual program-record score (207; twice in the fall of 2008) and finished with a 72.81 stroke average in 31 rounds played during his initial season with the Orediggers in 2008-09.

The Orediggers, who are currently ranked 35th in the latest NCAA Division II Golfstat rankings, will compete in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) / RMAC Regional Crossover on Sunday and Monday, September 27th and 28th, at Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenburg, Neb.

Mines will then compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Fall Invitational on Monday and Tuesday, October 5th and 6th, at Smoky Hill Country Club in Hays, Kan.

The Orediggers will then conclude their 2009 fall season by co-hosting the CSM / Regis University Fall Invitational on Monday and Tuesday, October 12th and 13th, at Blackstone Country Club in Aurora, Colo.

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