SAUCIER, Miss. – University of Iowa men’s golf sophomore, Noah Kent, notched his second top-10 finish of the fall season at the Fallen Oak Invitational, finishing just three shots off the top spot. The Hawkeyes placed 11th out of 13 teams posting their best round of the tournament with a third-round score of 287. Iowa’s final round stroke total was better than RV Purdue, RV South Carolina, RV UNLV, UTSA, Kansas, Southern Miss, and Wisconsin.
Kent shot a 1-under par 71 marking his second consecutive round under par and moving him up two spots on the leaderboard in the final round. He tallied 12 birdies throughout the tournament finishing with a total of 214. Kent placed eighth overall for the tournament.
Junior Gage Messingham recorded the second-best score of the weekend for Iowa, posting his best round of the tournament in the final round with an even-par 72. Messingham moved up seven spots in the final round finishing tied for 34th with a total score of 221 after rounds of 75, 74, and 72.
Senior Josh Lundmark shot a new season-low of 3-under par 69, recording six birdies in the final round of the tournament. Lundmark moved up 17 spots to finish tied for 54th with a final score of 225.
Max Tjoa recorded his best round of the tournament shooting 3-over par (75) to finish with 232 tied for 70th, and freshman Ryan Shellberg finished 75th with a total of 238.
HAWKEYE SCORECARD
| 11/13 | Team | 298 | 302 | 287 | 887 |
| 8 | Noah Kent | 72 (E) | 71 (-1) | 71 (-1) | 214 (-2) |
| T34 | Gage Messingham | 75 (+3) | 74 (+2) | 72 (E) | 221 (+5) |
| T54 | Josh Lundmark | 76 (+4) | 80 (+8) | 69 (-3) | 225 (+9) |
| T70 | Max Tjoa | 78 (+6) | 79 (+7) | 75 (+3) | 232 (+16) |
| 75 | Ryan Shellberg | 75 (+3) | 78 (+6) | 85 (+13) | 238 (+22) |
HEAR FROM HEAD COACH TYLER STITH
“Much better team performance. We had three guys at even par or better. We drove the ball much better and were able to be on offense a little more. Impressive round from Josh after a tough finish yesterday. He’s a competitor and showed it today. Noah had a very strong finish in a good field. He is improving and gaining confidence each tournament we play. He is learning from these experiences and it’s only a matter of time before he wins.”
THINGS OF NOTE…
– Iowa had two eagles in the tournament shot by Tjoa and Messingham which tied for second-best at the Fallen Oak Intercollegiate. Iowa, Georgia and Ole Miss were the only schools this weekend to have multiple golfers record an eagle.
– Kent had the fourth most birdies in the tournament.
– Lundmark tied for the best par three average of the tournament (2.83).