Final Round Results
SAPPHIRE, N.C. – WKU shot below par in the final round of the J.T. Poston Invitational, the program's best round in relation to par since the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship on April 5. The team finished the weather-suspended second round with a 2-over 286 and improved by six strokes in the final round to card a 4-under 280.
"The thing I am most proud of is the fight this team shows," said head coach Chan Metts of the group. "Even when we were struggling to get it going early in the event, this team does such a great job of having the kind of attitude and mindset that you must have when things aren't going perfectly. That lets me know that our best golf is in front of us and makes me excited for the future."
For the second week in a row, senior Linus Lo led the Hilltoppers in scoring. Lo followed up a 3-under 68 second round score with a 1-under 70 in the final round at the par-71, 6,767-yard Country Club of Sapphire Valley. The senior finished tied for 22nd with a 4-under 209.
Junior Chase Landrum improved in each of his rounds moving from a first round 74 to a final round 68. In the second round, Landrum carded an even-par 71. He tied for 42nd on the individual leaderboard at even-par for the three-day tournament.
The Hilltoppers had two golfers finish tied for 69th: senior Tom Bevington and junior Caleb O'Toole. Bevington carded a final round 1-under 70 while O'Toole paired together two 72s on the final day of competition. Junior Jack Poole finished the 54-hole tournament with a 4-over 75 and 5-over 76.
Finishing in 13th as a team, the Hilltoppers recorded a final 54-hole score of 4-over 856.
"It would have been nice to finish higher up on the leaderboard this week," said Metts on the finish. "But as I've said before, this is a young team and everyone is either getting their first start as a Hilltopper or they are in new roles in the lineup. There are going to be growing pains when that happens."
Dawson McDaniel competed as an individual at the Invitational and finished tied for 59th. In the second round, the redshirt sophomore recorded a 1-under 71 and he finished the day with a 6-over 77.
"We put together a solid round today to close out the event and that is something great to build on going into next week's event at Middle Tennessee. We will get back to work this week and make sure we are ready to go when we tee it up on Sunday at The Grove."
Results – Final
T22. Linus Lo – 71, 68, 70 – 209
T42. Chase Landrum – 74, 71, 68 – 213
T59. Dawson McDaniel* - 71, 70, 77 – 218
T69. Tom Bevington – 74, 77, 70 – 221
T69. Caleb O'Toole – 77, 72, 72 – 221
T76. Jack Poole – 71, 75, 76 – 222
*competing as an individual
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