Eagles Use Strong Final Round to Secure Second Place Finish

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Golf completed the Ernie Denham Classic in Louisville, Kentucky with a tied for second-place finish after shooting an 869 (+5) as a team. All five competitors for the Screaming Eagles finished in the top 30 while three finished in the top 25.
 
The Eagles finished the tournament with the lowest average par-four score with a 4.13 average score. USI also finished with the most pars recorded, 171, and third most birdies, 45.
 
Senior Zach Williams (Mt. Vernon, Illinois) led the Eagles with a tied for third-place finish after shooting a 211 (-5), 72-69-70. Williams’ 211 is the tied for the lowest 54-hole score in USI history, the second time an Eagle has scored that low this spring when sophomore Jason Bannister (Laguna Niguel, California) scored a 211 at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate. Williams finished with the second lowest average score on par-four holes on the tournament, averaging an even 4.00. He also recorded the most birdies on the tournament with 15.
 
Juniors Bryce Kirchner (North Vernon, Indiana) and Jace Day (Bloomington, Indiana) were the other two top-25 finishers for USI. Kirchner finished in a tie for 17th after shooting a 291 (+3), 74-72-73, while Day finished in a tie for 21st after he finished the tournament with a 220 (+4), 70-77-73. Day finished with the fourth lowest average score recorded on par-four holes, averaging a 4.10 as well as the second most pars on the tournament with 38.
 
Bannister and freshman Carter Goebel (Breese, Illinois) rounded out the scorers for the Eagles. Bannister finished in a tie for 27th after shooting a 222 (+6), 73-75-74, while Goebel finished in a tie for 30th with a 223 (+7), 75-76-72. Goebel finished the tournament with the most pars recorded on the tournament with 39.
 
Junior Trevor Laub (Edwardsville, Illinois) competed in the tournament as an individual and finished tied for 55th after shooting a 231 (+15), 79-74-78.
 
Up Next for USI:
USI returns to the course next April 10-11 as they head to Batavia, Ohio to compete in The Jewell hosted by Northern Kentucky University at Elks Run Golf Course.

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