A long fall season continued for the ISU men’s golf team Tuesday as it shot a 23-over-par 874 to tie for 11th place out of 14 teams at the Missouri Bluffs Intercollegiate.

St. Louis University took the tournament title with an eight-under-par 844, followed by host school Missouri with an 850. David Perritt from St. Louis took medalist honors with an 8-under-par 205. Kane Hanson of Drake finished two shots back with a 207.

“We’ve been working hard trying to change our attitudes, not to get down on ourselves so much,” said ISU coach Jay Horton. “We definitely made steps forward in this tournament, but we need to play all 54 holes.

“You play four quarters in football, two halves in basketball – this is the same thing.”

Iowa State was in ninth place after the first day, led by Chris Baker’s 137 through 36 holes. He shot a 66 in his first round, his lowest 18-hole score ever. He finished the tournament tied for 14th with a 214, one over par.

“Scorewise, Chris Baker played great. A 66 is a great score,” Horton said. “We’re trying to compete with a young team and get them all playing well together.”

Sophomore Joe Cermak shot a 215 and junior Curtis Foster added a score of 221, good for 19th place and 42nd place, respectively. Sophomore John Larson and junior Rodney Hamblin rounded out Iowa State’s scoring with a 225 and a 229. Sophomore Patrick Hall shot a 233 as an individual.

Horton said his players will work on keeping their heads up after bad shots and not carrying bad thoughts over to the next shot.

“We get down on ourselves too much, too quickly, too easily,” he said.

This ties for the highest finish this fall for the men’s golf team. The Cyclones finished 14th last week at the Memphis Intercollegiate tournament and 11th in the Adams Cup in Rhode Island, which finished on Sept. 27. In their first tournament of the season, the William H. Tucker Invitational, the Cyclones finished last out of 20 teams.

“We’re not at all happy with where we’re at,” Horton said. “You can call it underperforming or not, but we’re not happy with where we are at all.”

Iowa State only has one tournament left this season, the Big Four Championship in Cedar Rapids. That will pit the Cyclones against Iowa, Drake and Northern Iowa.

Drake and Iowa will be the favorites heading into the tournament, as they both attended the Missouri Bluffs and finished third and fifth, respectively. Drake led after the first day and finished with an 853, one over par, while Iowa finished with an 863.

“We’ve got a short two weeks left in the season,” Horton said. “So we are going to try to get better to carry it on through the winter.”