Haynes Leads Golden Flashes Through Opening Round
5/3/2026 9:50:00 PM | Men's Golf
Team in fifth at MAC Championship; trail Central Michigan by four strokes
Edit: Clippd Scorecard read Isaiah Ibit. Coach Jon Mills confirmed Nolan Haynes played for Isaiah Ibit.
The Kent State Herb Page men's golf team is in fifth place after the opening round of the Mid-American Conference Championship at Holliday Farms, posting a 20-over par 304 as a team on a par-71 course that played tough across the field, yielding a 76.63 scoring average.
Eastern Michigan leads the team race at 4-over, with Kent State trailing fourth-place Central Michigan by four strokes. Miami (OH) is second at 12-over and Northern Illinois sits third at 13-over.
Nolan Haynes paces the Golden Flashes, tied for seventh at 3-over 74. Haynes climbed to 4-over through six holes before back-to-back birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 sparked his round. A bogey on the par-3 ninth sent him to the turn at 3-over 39, but he steadied with an even-par 35 on the back nine, picking up his lone back-side birdie on the par-4 13th.
Darcy Hogg is tied for 12th at 4-over 75, followed by Liam Curtis in a tie for 22nd at 6-over 77 and Christoffer Leuenhagen in a tie for 27th at 7-over 78. James Newton rounds out the Kent State scorecard tied for 42nd at 12-over 83.
Patrick Raupp of Northern Illinois leads the individual race at 2-under, with Miami's Liam Hess and Eastern Michigan's Rory O'Brien and Joshua Hess knotted at 1-under in a three-way tie for second.
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