Clay Homan retired this spring after 14 seasons as men's golf coach at Mississippi State, but he's not done with golf - nor winning, apparently. Homan closed with a 1-over-par 73 in Sunday's final round to finish off his victory in the John T. Lupton Memorial at The Honors Course. Homan finished at 1-over 217 overall in the three-day, 54-hole tournament to take the mid-amateur division by two strokes over Andrew Lawson, who closed with a 72 after overnight rain in Ooltewah left the Pete Dye-designed course founded by Lupton soggy for the final round. Mike Stamberger shot a 73 and was another stroke back in third. Homan had the lead to himself after a first-round 68, but after Saturday's second round he shared first place with Knoxville's Todd Burgan. On Sunday, Burgan shot a 77 and ended up in a five-way tie for fourth. Homan, who earned four letters at Mississippi State (1992-95) is a five-time state amateur champion - including last year - and a four-time state mid-amateur champion in Mississippi. Stableford scoring was used for the senior and super senior divisions. Chris Hall of Marietta, Ga., won the senior title with 105 points as Jack Hall and Adam Kugler tied for second at 103. In super senior competition, Chattanooga physician Neil Spitalny won a playoff with Robert Hess after they tied with 102 points. Larry Clark was third at 101.
Track & Field
- Lee University's four All-America finishes in the NCAA Division II men's outdoor championships this past weekend at Bradenton, Fla. - a fifth, a sixth and two sevenths - gave the Flames 11 points and a tie for 21st in the team standings with Minnesota State and Western State. "Our goal was to finish in the top 25 as a team," coach Caleb Morgan said in a Lee release late Saturday night. "We are very happy with the 21st-place team finish. We are returning all of our scorers and have an exceptional recruiting class coming in. We hope this will only be the beginning of our quest to become one of the top track and field programs in the country." Justin Brooks had two of the All-America showings, in the 200- and 400-meter dashes, and his twin Josiah in the triple jump and freshman Christian Noble in the 3000 steeplechase had the others. Justin Brooks also had an All-America 400 time in the 2017 indoor nationals. "I am incredibly proud of Justin," Morgan said. "Becoming an All-American one time is a tough feat for any college athlete. For Justin to do it three times this year, and only be a sophomore, is truly outstanding."