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Men's Golf takes 7th place at Missouri Tiger Invitational
04/09/2019 | 8:45:00 | Men's Golf
The Southern Illinois men's golf team finished the Missouri Tiger Invitational 13 strokes under par and in seventh place out of 15 teams. In a closely contested tournament, the Salukis were just six strokes shy of third-place Missouri. TCU won the tournament at 40 strokes under par.
"I think that shows the importance of what one shot is and what getting one shot better truly means," said SIU head coach Justin Fetcho, noting his team finished one stroke out of sixth place. "If we find ways to just get one shot better for each guy, then we have a different way to look at the event in terms of where we finish. As a team we're disappointed, we didn't come here to finish in seventh. Individually, we had some really good things happen."
Senior Luke Gannon (-6) finished tied for 11th place after recording a two-under par in the final round. Today marked six straight rounds for the senior from Kansas that he's been at or under par. Senior Peyton Wilhoit (-3) shot three under par today and tied for 26th place with a total score of 213 for the three rounds. Senior Hunter York (-1) tied for 31st place after his career record-breaking round of 65 yesterday. Frankie Thomas (+6) bounced back from a first-round 78 to shoot even par the next two rounds, and freshman Matthis Besard (+3) tied for 41st place.
"If you look at the total team effort, we needed all five guys to pull through at one point throughout the tournament. Guys stepped up when it was needed," said Fetcho. "I think that shows the depth of the team when they're capable to shoot at par or better. I think we proved that last week and again this week."
The team will spend one day in Carbondale before leaving on Thursday for the Purdue Boilermaker Invitational that takes place Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, April 14th in West Lafayette, Indiana.
SIU SCORES
T11 Luke Gannon 71 69 70 = 210 (-6)
T26 Peyton Wilhoit 71 73 69 = 213 (-3)
T31 Hunter York 76 65 74 = 215 (-1)
T41 Matthis Besard 70 72 77 = 219 (+3)
T49 Frankie Thomas 78 72 72 = 222 (+6)
TEAM SCORES
1 TCU 267 277 280 = 824 (-40)
2 Kansas State 276 276 279 = 831 (-33)
3 Missouri 275 274 296 = 845 (-19)
4 Illinois State 281 279 286 = 846 (-18)
5 Oral Roberts 285 282 281= 848 (-16)
6 Missouri - Kansas City 280 288 282 = 850 (-14)
7 Southern Illinois 288 278 285 = 851 (-13)
8 Missouri State 278 290 291 = 859 (-5)
T9 SIU Edwardsville 284 285 292 = 861 (-3)
T9 South Dakota 285 292 284 = 861 (-3)
11 Morehead State Univ. 292 280 292 = 864 (E)
12 Drake 296 291 296 = 883 (+19)
13 South Dakota State 302 286 300 = 888 (+24)
14 Central Arkansas 297 300 303 = 900 (+36)
15 Hutchinson CC 296 298 308 = 902 (+38)
"I think that shows the importance of what one shot is and what getting one shot better truly means," said SIU head coach Justin Fetcho, noting his team finished one stroke out of sixth place. "If we find ways to just get one shot better for each guy, then we have a different way to look at the event in terms of where we finish. As a team we're disappointed, we didn't come here to finish in seventh. Individually, we had some really good things happen."
Senior Luke Gannon (-6) finished tied for 11th place after recording a two-under par in the final round. Today marked six straight rounds for the senior from Kansas that he's been at or under par. Senior Peyton Wilhoit (-3) shot three under par today and tied for 26th place with a total score of 213 for the three rounds. Senior Hunter York (-1) tied for 31st place after his career record-breaking round of 65 yesterday. Frankie Thomas (+6) bounced back from a first-round 78 to shoot even par the next two rounds, and freshman Matthis Besard (+3) tied for 41st place.
"If you look at the total team effort, we needed all five guys to pull through at one point throughout the tournament. Guys stepped up when it was needed," said Fetcho. "I think that shows the depth of the team when they're capable to shoot at par or better. I think we proved that last week and again this week."
The team will spend one day in Carbondale before leaving on Thursday for the Purdue Boilermaker Invitational that takes place Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, April 14th in West Lafayette, Indiana.
SIU SCORES
T11 Luke Gannon 71 69 70 = 210 (-6)
T26 Peyton Wilhoit 71 73 69 = 213 (-3)
T31 Hunter York 76 65 74 = 215 (-1)
T41 Matthis Besard 70 72 77 = 219 (+3)
T49 Frankie Thomas 78 72 72 = 222 (+6)
TEAM SCORES
1 TCU 267 277 280 = 824 (-40)
2 Kansas State 276 276 279 = 831 (-33)
3 Missouri 275 274 296 = 845 (-19)
4 Illinois State 281 279 286 = 846 (-18)
5 Oral Roberts 285 282 281= 848 (-16)
6 Missouri - Kansas City 280 288 282 = 850 (-14)
7 Southern Illinois 288 278 285 = 851 (-13)
8 Missouri State 278 290 291 = 859 (-5)
T9 SIU Edwardsville 284 285 292 = 861 (-3)
T9 South Dakota 285 292 284 = 861 (-3)
11 Morehead State Univ. 292 280 292 = 864 (E)
12 Drake 296 291 296 = 883 (+19)
13 South Dakota State 302 286 300 = 888 (+24)
14 Central Arkansas 297 300 303 = 900 (+36)
15 Hutchinson CC 296 298 308 = 902 (+38)
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