Hawkeyes Wrap Up at Fighting Irish Classic

Hawkeyes Wrap Up at Fighting Irish Classic

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Iowa men’s golf team wrapped up play at the Fighting Irish Classic on Monday afternoon. Iowa tied for 11th, finishing 27-over par after 54 holes at Warren Golf Course.

Fifth-year Mac McClear was the low scorer for the Hawkeyes in the final round of the tournament. McClear shot 1-under par (69) on Monday to move up 20 spots in the standings and tie for Iowa’s best finish for the tournament. McClear led the team in birdies on Monday, finishing with four. McClear ended in a tie for 36th at 6-over par.

Freshman Max Tjoa also shot 6-over. Tjoa carded a 72 (+2) in each round to tie with McClear as the low Iowa finisher.

Tennessee won the tournament at 10-under par. Ethan Tseng of Northwestern was the individual medalist with 202 strokes (-8).

IOWA SCORECARD

T11 Team 286 284 297 +27 867
T36 Mac McClear 72 75 69 +6 216
T36 Max Tjoa 72 72 72 +6 216
T48 Callum Macfie 74 68 76 +8 218
T61 Josh Lundmark 68 75 80 +13 223
T66 Noah Kent 76 69 80 +15 225

HAWKEYE NOTABLES
• Tjoa’s par 5 average of 4.50 (-3) finished tied for 10th in the tournament.
• Tjoa, McClear, and Callum Macfie each had 35 pars a piece which tied for 16th best in the tournament.

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes will travel to Biloxi, Miss. to compete in the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational in their last tournament of the fall season. The tournament will take place Oct. 15th – Oct. 17th.