ALBUQUERQUE -- Midwestern State's Garrett Leek was at his best under difficult conditions in the final of the RJGA South Central Shootout Tuesday afternoon at UNM's Championship Course.

The junior from Brock hit 15 of 18 greens and 11 of 14 fairways in regulation on his way to posting the lowest score of the third round.

"The putting was difficult and the greens were very fast and undulated," MSU assistant coach Brad Corley said. "The conditions were about as tough as they could get."

Still, Leek went par over his first nine holes before hitting one of his patented runs.

He converted a birdie on the par-3, 166-yard Hole No. 3 and carded another birdie on the par-4, 379-yard Hole No. 4 before notching a third birdie during a four-hole stretch with another on the par-4, 423-yard Hole No. 6.

"He hit some darts in there and got really close and hit some putts," Corley said. "He played well all day.  Birdying No. 3 gave him some momentum."

It was Leek's 14th collegiate Top 10 finish, but he had plenty of backup as the Mustangs claimed their second consecutive team runner-up finish.

MSU fired rounds of 296, 288 and 299 for a 19-over total of 883 to finish behind Colorado State-Pueblo, who recorded tallies of 283, 286 and 288 for a 7-under 857.

"They were phenomenal with what they shot," Corley said.

Jake Doggett continued his stellar run by recording his sixth-straight Top 10 individual finish and eighth in his last nine competitions.

The senior from Hutto carded scores of 75, 68 and 76 to tie for seventh with a 3-over total of 219, while junior Jake Leatherwood tied for 14th logging tallies of 73, 74 and 74 for a 5-over 221.

Senior Keiton Hoster (76-75-79 230/+14) and junior Mason Mikeska (79-73-80 232/+16) tied for 50th and 60th places, respectively.

Colorado State-Pueblo sophomore Matt Millar (71-68-71) claimed individual medalist honors to a 6-under total of 210 to win by a single stroke over Colorado Christian's Adam Duncan (69-70-72).

Midwestern State competes in the 2021 Farmers Insurance Sam Proal West/South Central Region Preview on Oct. 4-5 at the Pueblo (Colo.) Country Club.
                

RJGA South Central Shootout

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Colorado State-Pueblo	-7	283	286	288	857
2	Midwestern State	+19	296	288	299	883
3	Colorado Christian	+22	289	293	304	886
4	Texas A&M-Commerce	+29	297	287	309	893
5	UC Colorado Springs	+30	292	301	301	894
6	Western New Mexico	+31	287	290	318	895
7	Cameron	+34	292	293	313	898
8	Colorado Mesa	+39	296	298	309	903
9	Lubbock Christian	+45	295	297	317	909
10	Fort Lewis (Colo.)	+46	297	306	307	910
11	Colorado School of Mines	+54	320	290	308	918
12	UT Permian Basin	+57	303	306	312	921
13	Texas A&M International	+59	301	308	314	923
14	UT Tyler	+67	315	298	318	931
15	Regis	+80	302	309	333	944
16	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+83	310	327	310	947

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Matt Millar	Colorado State-Pueblo	-6	71	68	71	210
2	Adam Duncan	Colorado Christian	-5	69	70	72	211
3	Andrew Ni	Colorado State-Pueblo	-3	69	73	71	213
4	Garrett Leek	Midwestern State	-1	72	73	70	215
	Ignacio Arcaya**	New Mexico	-1	73	69	73	215
6	Ethan Bishop	Colorado Mesa	+1	72	69	76	217
7	Jake Doggett	Midwestern State	+3	75	68	76	219
	Jeff Nelson	Colorado State-Pueblo	+3	74	71	74	219
	Dylan Arthur	Colorado Christian	+3	73	72	74	219
10	Jamie Roberts	Colorado State-Pueblo	+4	74	74	72	220
	Jeffrey Maciejewski	Lubbock Christian	+4	72	73	75	220
	Lucas Howell**	UC Colorado Springs	+4	70	74	76	220
	Nathan McCulloch	Texas A&M-Commerce	+4	75	68	77	220

  

Midwestern State Scorecard

2	Midwestern State	+19	296	288	299	883
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T4	Garrett Leek (4)	-1	72	73	70	215
T7	Jake Doggett (2)	+3	75	68	76	219
T14	Jake Leatherwood (3)	+5	73	74	74	221
T50	Keiton Hoster (5)	+14	76	75	79	230
T60	Mason Mikeska (1)	+16	79	73	80	232