The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s golf team placed second and 10th place out of 13 teams at The Fall Brawl at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, Wisconsin. Concordia-St. Paul won the invite with a two-round score of 577, seven strokes better than UMC’s “A” team. There were 10 schools competing with UMC, Concordia-St. Paul, and Minnesota State-Mankato fielding two teams each.
The UMC “A” team shot 297 and 287 in the two rounds. Ross Koerner (Fr., Grand Forks, N.D.) led the Golden Eagles with rounds of 73 and 70, which was one over par to finish in a tie for fifth place. Marc Balleste Bofarull (So., Barcelona, Spain) tied for eighth after shooting a 74 and 72. Lukas Justesen (Sr., Detroit Lakes) shot a 75 and 73 to tie for 18th. Andrew Wilhelm (So., Fargo, N.D.) tied for 23rd with scores of 75 and 74. Layton Bartley (Sr., Fargo, N.D.) shot a 78 and 72 and finished tied for 28th place.
The UMC “B” team shot rounds of 297 and 314 to finish 10th place.
Holdyn Evjen (Fr., Hermantown) finished his first collegiate tournament placing tied for 14th with rounds of 71 and 76. Carson Shultis (Jr., Fargo, N.D.) shot rounds of 74 and 78 and tied for 37th place. Gannon Walsh (Jr., Belgrade) recorded scores of 76 and 77. Connor Czirjak (So., Calgary, Alberta) carded scores of 76 and 83 and finished tied for 56th place. Gabe Weller (Fr., Alexandria, Minn.) shot rounds of 77 and 86 and tied for 67th place. Julian Nieto (Jr., Bucaramanga, Colombia) shot scores of 84 and 87 for 75th place.
UMC will compete at the Watkins Invite on September 23 and 24 in Lake City, Minnesota.
TEAM RESULTS –
1. Concordia-St. Paul – 577
2. UMC “A” – 584
3. Augustana – 587
4. Winona State – 589
5. Minot State – 592
6. Sioux Falls – 593
7. MSU-Mankato “B” – 600
8. MSU-Mankato “A” – 601
9. U of Mary – 606
10. UMC “B” – 611
11. Concordia-St. Paul “B” – 613
12. Upper Iowa – 621
13. North Central – 634
