Fergal Rafferty makes it a double

whammy for Sam Houston

State University

Fergal Rafferty from Carrickmore, Omagh in Northern Ireland - a student at Sam Houston State University - won the UTSA Invitational college tournament at The Club at Comanche Trace, Kerrville in Texas today (Tuesday).
Over a long course of some 7,276yd, with a par of 72, Fergal, pictured above, scored 74, 71 and 75 for a four-over-par total of 220. He won by two shots from Devin Carrey (Louisiana-LaFayette) who scored 75, 74 and 72.
Graham Benson from Leighton Buzzard, a student at Southeastern Louisiana, came joint 15th in a field of 71 players with ever-improving scores of 81, 78 and 69 for 228th. He jumped 20 places with his outstanding last round, the best of the day.
Team-mate Aaron O'Callaghan from Cork just missed a top-20 finish. He tied for 21st place on 231 with scores of 78, 78 and 74.
Sam Houston State scored a double whammy by taking the team title as well as the individual honours. They totalled 904, three shots ahead of Louisiana-LaFayette in a field of 13 teams.
Southeastern Louisiana came seventh with 915.