Wildcats Finish Second at Tiger Invitational

Monday, April 9

Columbia, Mo.

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Kansas State University

Missouri Tiger Invitational

Jeremy Gandon at K-State BIGHORN Invitational

Apr 10, 2018 | Men's Golf

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Kansas State men's golf team recorded its best finish of the season at 14-under par 850 to take second place following the second and third rounds of the Tiger Invitational at the Club at Old Hawthorne on Tuesday.

K-State's score of 850 bettered its previous season low by 17 shots, while the Wildcats' first-round score of 281 tied a season low and their third-round score of 283 was a close second.

"I am really proud of the guys and the way they played this week," said head coach Grant Robbins. "We had our chances as we got within four of the lead at one point, but we were not able to make enough putts on the back nine.

"It was a great experience, however, to be able to get into contention. It is definitely something we can build on going forward."

Jeremy Gandon and Roland Massimino led the Wildcats, tying for ninth place at 3-under par 213, just two strokes away from finishing in the top five. It was the second top-10 finishes for both players this season.

JC Campbell shaved three strokes off his second-round score with four birdies on the back nine to climb 11 spots on the leaderboard. The Dallas, Texas, native finished in 14^th place at 2-under par 214.

Jacob Eklund was unable to capitalize on his first-round score of 5-under par 67 as he tied for 21^st at 2-over 218. Ben Fernandez collected a team high of 16 birdies during the tournament as he climbed 12 spots during the final round to tie for 28^th place at 3-over 219.

The Wildcats had two players competing as individuals, and the duo was led by Kyle Vance, who improved 11 stokes off of his second-round score to tie for 77^th at 15-over par 231. Chesky tied for 94^th at 22-over par 238.

Missouri earned a wire-to-wire victory, winning the tournament at 25-under par 839. The Tigers' Hayden Buckley maintained the lead by posting a 12-under par 204 to take first place on the individual leaderboard.

The Wildcats will be back in action this Friday and Saturday at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.

Tiger Invitational
Club at Old Hawthorne
Columbia, Mo.
Par 72 / 7,221 Yards

Team Scores: 1. Missouri, 275-283-281—839 (-25); 2. Kansas State, 281-286-283—850 (-14); 3. Missouri State, 282-293-288—863 (+1); 4. South Dakota, 290-294-284—868 (+4); 7. Seattle, 295-292-293—880 (+16); 8. Morehead State, 298-293-290—881 (+17); 9. Oral Roberts, 301-293-295—889 (+25); 10. SIU Edwardsville, 294-296-300—890 (+26); 11. Drake, 300-289-303—892(+28); 12. Northern Illinois, 290-296-307—893 (+29); 13. IUPUI, 300-294-302—896 (+32); 14. Central Arkansas, 293-305-299—897 (+33); 15. North Dakota State, 304-300-295—899 (+35); 16. Northern Iowa, 306-306-300—912(+48); 17. South Dakota State, 317-307-301—925(+61); 18. Loyola-Chicago, 317-307-302—926 (+62); 19. Creighton, 310-295-324—929 (+65).

Top Individuals: 1. Hayden Buckley, Missouri, 65-69-70—204 (-12); T2. Zach Burry, Illinois State, 69-70-70—209 (-7). T2. McCain Schelldardt, UMKC, 70-72-67—209 (-7); T2. Jamie Stewert, Missouri, 70-72-67—209 (-7); T5. Jack Knoesel, Missouri State, 67-71-72—210 (-6); T5. Joe Harvie, Seattle University, 70-70-70—210 (-6).

K-State Individuals: T9. Jeremy Gandon, 68-72-73—213 (-3); T9. Roland Massimino, 71-71-71—213 (-3); 14. JC Campbell, 75-71-68—214 (-2); T21. Jacob Eklund, 67-76-75—218 (+2); T28. Ben Fernandez, 76-72-71—219 (+3); T77. Kyle Vance 79-80-72—231 (+15); T94. Connor Chesky 76-83-79—238 (+22).