Monday, March 27
Gulf Shores, AL
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Craft Farms Intercollegiate
Blake Benson Ties for Fourth-Place at Craft Farms Intercollegiate
3/27/2023 6:47:00 PM | Men's Golf
Gulf Shores, Ala. — Junior Blake Benson had the best tournament of his career, finishing two-under par and tying for fourth-place at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate
Benson began the day by closing out his second round with a career-low 69. He followed that with a 70. He now has four rounds of par or better. He also set career-lows for 36-hole (144) and 54-hole scores (214). It is fourth individual top-five finish for the Owls this year.
The Rice Golf team finished in fifth-place at 14-over par. It is the fourth top-five finish for the Owls this year.
Freshman Lukas Boandl tied for 22nd-place at four-over par after closing with rounds of 74-73. Graduate student Jay Kirchdorfer finished his second round with a 71, his team-leading 11th round of par or better this year, before closing with a 74 to finish six-over par in a 30th-place tie.
Senior Forrest Park tied for 43rd-place at nine-over par after carding closing with a 79-74 and freshman Davis Byrd had rounds of 90-82 to tie for 73rd-place at 30-over par.
Texas State won the team competition at three-under par, three strokes in front of South Alabama. Oakland's Colin Sikkenga earned medalist honors at five-under par, one stroke in front of WKU's Nic Hofman and Jordan Plunkett of South Alabama.
NEXT UP
Rice concludes its streak of three tournaments in three weeks when it co-hosts its final tournament of the year, Apr. 3-4, at the Walden Invitational in Conroe, Texa.
Team Results
1 Texas State 285-286-290/861 -3
2 South Alabama 291-290-283/864 E
3 WKU 297-297-279/873 +9
4 Loyola (Md.) 290-292-294/876 +12
5 Rice 294-293-291/878 +14
6 Oral Roberts 294-295-290/879 +15
7 Georgia State 299-293-296/888 +24
t8 Oakland 299-300-290/889 +25
t8 Illinois State 298-296-295/889 +25
10 Bradley 300-304-289/893 +29
11 DePaul 297-308-292/897 +33
12 Tennessee Tech 300-304-296/900 +36
13 Southern Indiana 305-306-291/902 +38
14 Samford 297-316-305/918 +54
Benson began the day by closing out his second round with a career-low 69. He followed that with a 70. He now has four rounds of par or better. He also set career-lows for 36-hole (144) and 54-hole scores (214). It is fourth individual top-five finish for the Owls this year.
The Rice Golf team finished in fifth-place at 14-over par. It is the fourth top-five finish for the Owls this year.
Freshman Lukas Boandl tied for 22nd-place at four-over par after closing with rounds of 74-73. Graduate student Jay Kirchdorfer finished his second round with a 71, his team-leading 11th round of par or better this year, before closing with a 74 to finish six-over par in a 30th-place tie.
Senior Forrest Park tied for 43rd-place at nine-over par after carding closing with a 79-74 and freshman Davis Byrd had rounds of 90-82 to tie for 73rd-place at 30-over par.
Texas State won the team competition at three-under par, three strokes in front of South Alabama. Oakland's Colin Sikkenga earned medalist honors at five-under par, one stroke in front of WKU's Nic Hofman and Jordan Plunkett of South Alabama.
NEXT UP
Rice concludes its streak of three tournaments in three weeks when it co-hosts its final tournament of the year, Apr. 3-4, at the Walden Invitational in Conroe, Texa.
Team Results
1 Texas State 285-286-290/861 -3
2 South Alabama 291-290-283/864 E
3 WKU 297-297-279/873 +9
4 Loyola (Md.) 290-292-294/876 +12
5 Rice 294-293-291/878 +14
6 Oral Roberts 294-295-290/879 +15
7 Georgia State 299-293-296/888 +24
t8 Oakland 299-300-290/889 +25
t8 Illinois State 298-296-295/889 +25
10 Bradley 300-304-289/893 +29
11 DePaul 297-308-292/897 +33
12 Tennessee Tech 300-304-296/900 +36
13 Southern Indiana 305-306-291/902 +38
14 Samford 297-316-305/918 +54
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