COALVILLE, Utah – The Kansas State males’s golf workforce rebounded from a 16-over par second spherical because the Wildcats turned in a final-round whole of even-par 284 on Tuesday to complete in fifth place at The Wohali held on the par-71, 7,873-yard Wohali Club.
Okay-State concluded the occasion at 13-over par 865, ending three photographs forward of Colorado State and 6 away from a tie between San Diego State and UNLV.
Paired with final week’s victory on the season-opening Wildcat Invitational, it marked the primary time Okay-State completed within the prime 5 of its first two season-opening occasions since successful the primary three tournaments within the fall of 2022.
“I am really proud of how we competed this week,” head coach
Grant Robbins stated. “The guys showed a lot of grit in all three rounds and were able to post a solid finish. It was a team effort as Tyler (Strong) and Fionn (Dobbin) came up big today with a couple of solid rounds when we needed it. Alex (Lindstrom) put together two great rounds yesterday, and both Shea (Harmeson) and Ville (Virkkala) were really good all week. There is a lot to work on, but, all in all, I like where we are at. We just have to keep improving.”
Kansas State was led in Utah by freshman
Ville Virkkala, who tied for twelfth place with a 54-hole rating of 1-under par 212, one among solely 13 gamers within the 70-man discipline to complete beneath par. It was his second-straight end within the prime 15 after putting eighth final week within the Wildcat Invitational. He turned the primary Okay-State freshman with top-15 showings in every of the primary two occasions of a season since Kyle Weldon in 2011.
A local of Espoo, Finland, Virkkala turned in his second under-par spherical of the occasion on Tuesday with a final-round whole of 2-under par 69. The freshman was 3-under par by means of the primary 14 holes earlier than consecutive bogeys in Nos. 15 and 16 threatened to derail his strong spherical. However, he was in a position to birdie the par-5 18th gap to tally his third spherical in purple figures this season.
Virkkala completed The Wohali with a 2.92 scoring common on the par 3s and a 4.56 common on the par 5s to tie for first and fourth within the discipline, respectively.
Senior
Shea Harmeson tied for twenty second place at 3-over par 216 following a final-round whole of 1-over par 72. After carding a double-bogey on No. 6 on Tuesday, the Saginaw Valley State switch went on to birdie three of his subsequent 4 holes to stabilize his spherical.
Another senior,
Alex Lindstrom, completed at 8-over par 221 to tie for thirty fourth place. He was unable to hold the momentum that noticed him within the prime 10 after the primary two rounds as he posted a final-round whole of 7-over par 78.
Fionn Dobbin improved 5 spots on the leaderboard through the remaining spherical due to a rating of even-par 71, which included a bogey-free and 2-under par entrance 9. The sophomore from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, tied for thirty ninth place at 9-over par 222.
Sophomore
Tyler Strong got here again with a rating of 1-over par 72 on Tuesday after first- and second-round scores of 7-over par and 10-over par, respectively. The Olathe, Kansas, native moved three spots up the leaderboard on Tuesday to tie for sixtieth place at 18-over par 231.
Arizona State and New Mexico shared the workforce title at 14-under par 838, one shot forward of homestanding Utah and 9 photographs away from fourth-place BYU. Utah’s Davis Johnson and Arizona State’s Connor Williams tied for the person title at 9-under par 204, two photographs forward of a tie for second place.
Freshman
Oliver Toyer and senior
JP Roller went out on a excessive observe of their match, the Soldier Hollow Individual, performed on the par-72, 7,719-yard Soldier Hollow Golf Course in close by Midway, Utah.
Toyer, a local of Cambridgeshire, England, carded a 2-under par 70 to enhance 10 spots to tie for twenty eighth place at 6-over par 222. His remaining spherical featured a bogey-free and 2-under entrance 9, whereas he ended his day with a birdie on No. 18 after a bogey on every of the earlier two holes.
Roller made a 14-spot enchancment on the leaderboard within the remaining spherical to tie for thirty third place at 8-over par 224. The Jenks, Oklahoma, product carded a 3-under par 69 on Tuesday – his finest spherical in two seasons after battling accidents in 2024-25 – thanks to 6 birdies on the day, together with birdies on 4 of his remaining six holes after beginning the spherical on No. 5.
Kansas State returns to motion subsequent Monday and Tuesday because the Wildcats compete within the Git-R-Done Invitational held at Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln, Nebraska.