Midwest Spring National Invite live scoring
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Squads from four states have convened at Colbert Hills Golf Course in Manhattan, Kan., for the two-day Midwest Spring National Invitational. With one round complete, the Concordia University Men’s Golf team resides in fifth place out of 11 groupings. The highlight of Monday (April 10)’s action was a hole-in-one on hole 8 for sophomore Jake Hagerbaumer. He is one of six Bulldogs in the field of 74 total golfers
Head Coach Brett Muller’s squad shot a team score of 306 (+18) on Monday. The top four in the standings heading into round two are Friends University (289), Southwestern Christian University (291), Bellevue University (292) and Morningside (302).
Individually, Drew D’Ercole and Ivan Yabut paced Concordia on Monday by shooting identical scores of three-over-par 75 while navigating the course that measures in at 7,278 yards. D’Ercole and Yabut are just one stroke out of the top 10 and seven strokes behind tournament co-leaders Philipp Pakosch and Rodrigo Navarette, who both shot 68. The other four Bulldogs at the tournament include Jacob Woodmancy (77), Justin Webert (78), Hagerbaumer (78) and Gavin McWhorter (82).
Hagerbaumer aced the par three hole 8 at Colbert Hills, which measures 185 yards. Hagerbaumer also collected four birdies on the day. D’Ercole showed the most consistency in carding 13 pars. As a team, Concordia entered the week with an average 18-hole score of 295.6.
Concordia round one scores (par 72):
T14. Drew D’Ercole: 75
T14. Ivan Yabut: 75
T26. Jacob Woodmancy: 77
T34. Justin Webert: 78
T34. Jake Hagerbaumer: 78
T60. Gavin McWhorter: 82
The second and final round of the tournament is scheduled to get underway at 8 a.m. CT on Tuesday from Colbert Hills. The Bulldogs are also scheduled to be in action this coming Saturday, Sunday and Monday with the Bulldog-Tiger Cup followed by the Nebraska Wesleyan Invite.