Kent State University
Royal Oaks Intercollegiate
No. 20 Men's Golf Fourth at Royal Oaks
10/25/2016 4:36:00 PM | Men's Golf
DALLAS – The No. 20 Kent State men's golf team capped off its fall with a fourth place finish at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, held at the par-71 Royal Oaks Country Club, with a three-round score of six-over par 1066 (353-362-256). Kent State finishes the fall by claiming a top-four finish in every tournament.
The Golden Flashes ended the tournament by shooting one-over par on Tuesday. Overall, Kent State was five strokes out of second-place Houston and two strokes within Michigan. No. 14 Baylor won the tournament at 31-under par. The Golden Flashes finished ahead of the rest of the field by at least three strokes, and finished six strokes ahead of six teams.
Chase Johnson made a run at the tournament championship in the final round and ended in fifth at six-under 207. He shot his best round of the tournament Tuesday at five-under par 66. It was his second-lowest round of golf this season. Johnson finished four strokes off the leaders.
Bjarki Petursson finished the tournament tied for 13th with a score of one-over par 214. He shot an even par 71 on Tuesday to take his highest finish in a team tournament this season. Gisli Sveinbergsson was a stroke behind him and just outside the top-20. He tied for 21st at two-over par 215 with a 73 in the final round.
Josh Whalen was fourth among Flashes at four-over par 217, good for a tie for 28th. Whalen carded a 74 Tuesday. Top-50 nationally ranked Ian Holt ended tied for 36th at five-over 218. He had his best round of the weekend Tuesday at 72. Finally, freshman Chris Doody claimed a tie for 69th at 21-over par 234, with a final round score of 78.
The spring season will tee off on Feb. 27 at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, Louisiana. Check back with KentStateSports.com throughout the winter break for updates on the team.
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