MAINEVILLE, Ohio – Hilltopper Golf logged the team's best finish since March 2021 on Tuesday afternoon as it placed fourth as a team at the Xavier Invitational. Captain and senior Luke Fuller notched his first career top-10 finish as an individual, leading the team through all three rounds.
"Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how we played," said head coach Chan Metts. "I've been saying to the team and all the people that have asked, we are better than the results that we've had for the first two events…. I have just been waiting for it to click in a golf tournament. This still is not 100% on; this is still not our best golf. There are a few holes that I would like back where we really made some mental errors and did some things that I know we're better than. At the end of the day, this is still a huge step in the right direction."
Fuller was the leader for the Tops throughout the entire event as he shot 2-over 74 and 2-under 70 on the final day of the Invite. He tied for seventh overall, shooting even-par 216 on the 54-hole event, also a career-best number.
The low overall round for the Hilltoppers' 54 holes came from junior Connery Meyer. He shot a collegiate career-low of 4-under 68 in the second round that was played over two days. He followed it up with a 1-over 73 and moved up 40 spots on the leaderboard after the first round to tie for 22nd.
WKU counted the second-round scores of freshman Riley Grindstaff and redshirt sophomore Nic Hofman. Grindstaff carded a 2-over 74 while Hofman turned in a 1-over 73 at the par-72, 7,180-yard TPC River's Bend course.
Graduate senior Landon Carner got to count his final-round score for the Red and White as he shot a 3-over 75.
The Hilltoppers have little turnaround time as they are set to compete at the Pinetree Intercollegiate hosted by Kennesaw State beginning on Monday.
Results – Final
T7. Luke Fuller – 72, 74, 70 – 216
T22. Connery Meyer – 80, 68, 73 – 221
T29. Riley Grindstaff – 73, 74, 75 – 222
T39. Landon Carner – 76, 77, 73 – 226
T49. Nic Hofman – 76, 73, 80 – 229
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