Drake Earns Fifth Place End at Zach Johnson Invitational

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake males’s golf group accomplished play at its house match, the Zach Johnson Invitational, on Tuesday and ended up in fifth place with a 54-hole rating of 874 (292-296-286).
 
North Dakota received the group title capturing 853 (287-281-285) over the 2 days of competitors. South Dakota completed runner as much as its northern counterpart three strokes behind at 856 (291-285-280).

“We dug too big of a hole yesterday,” Drake head coach Matt Lewis mentioned. “As a team, we just didn’t play our best. We really struggled on the par fives and we didn’t make enough birdies. I thought we hit the ball pretty well, we just didn’t score. I was proud of how the team battled today. We played our best round of the tournament for us in the final round.”

 

Of the principle Bulldog lineup, junior Jake Weissenburger had the most effective end on the leaderboard and tied for tenth. The native product from Clive, Iowa, tallied a complete rating of 216 to steer the Bulldogs and earn his first top-10 results of the autumn season. Weissenburger carded rounds of 75-73-68 en path to his top-10 end. His ultimate spherical rating of 68 was the low spherical of the match for Drake.

 

Senior Nate Spear and Freshman Sammy Bonaobra positioned simply contained in the top-20 with the pair of Bulldogs tying for nineteenth at 218. Spear started the match with a 1-under, 70 and proceeded to shoot rounds of 77 and 71. Bonaobra was constant over his three rounds with scores of 73-72-73.

 

Making his collegiate debut on the Zach Johnson Invitational was freshman Luke Bohmer. The Temecula, California, native carded a complete rating of 224 (74-76-74) and resulted in a tie for thirty second.

 

After carding an 81 in his opening spherical, Sam Johnson bounced again with consecutive rounds of 75 to complete tied for fiftieth at 231.

“Sam was dealing with an injury all three rounds and gave it his best effort,” Lewis mentioned. “I was impressed with his grit and ability to fight through the pain. It was great to see Jake bounce back again in the final round. He was solid all day today. Nate and Sammy had a good tournament and helped the team out with their consistent play.”

 

The Bulldogs additionally had three people compete within the match. Parker Payne tied with Bohmer for thirty second (80-71-73=224), Chase Pickering tied for thirty ninth in his collegiate debut (72-78-76=226), and Dylan Drogemuller tied for fiftieth with Johnson (78-77-76=231).

South Dakota’s Jack Holtz claimed particular person medalist honors firing a complete of 5-under, 208 (68-70-70).

“We are ready for some time to work on some things and get quality practice in after three straight tournaments,” Lewis added.

 

Drake will take every week off earlier than it returns to motion on the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, Oct.5-7, from Sand Creek Station Golf Club in Newton, Kansas.