Rice Newcomer Caps Junior Career with Victory
8/9/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Aug. 9, 2011
Just days before moving onto the Rice University campus as a member of the school's Class of 2015, future Owl golfer Joe Beck III concluded his junior career by winning the George Hannon Invitational played at the Austin Country Club.
Beck shot a two-over par 146, winning the Legends Junior Tour event by one stroke. He began Tuesday's final round three strokes back of the lead. After an opening-round 72, Beck played the front nine of Tuesday's final round bogey free but was +3 through 14 holes. A birdie on the Austin Country Club's longest hole (552-yard, par 5 No. 15) proved to be the difference Tuesday.
The George Hannon Invitational featured 83 of the top junior golfers from Texas as well as Canada.
Beck, who prepped at Lake Travis High School in Austin, is one of four newcomers first-year Rice coach Justin Emil will welcome to campus next week.
Rice will begin its fall season Sept. 12-13 at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Lardon Readies for PGA Championship
Former Rice golfer, featured on the `R' Blog last month, will open play at the PGA Championship in Atlanta on Thursday.
Lardon will tee off from No. 10 Thursday at 12:40 p.m. ET. He will be a part of the first group to tee off from No. 1 Friday at 7:30 a.m.
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