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LWC Men's Golf finishes second at 2016 MSC Championships

Grabara, Navarro and Madewell earn All-MSC honors
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By Charles Balcom

BOWLING GREEN, KY (Wed 20 Apr 2016) - The Lindsey Wilson men's golf team capped off the 2016 Mid-South Conference Championship Tournament with a 3-over par 291 on Wednesday to conclude the three-day event with a 16-over par 880 and finish in second place at the Bowling Green Country Club.



Cumberlands (KY) won the conference championship after they finished the tournament with a 7-under 857. The Patriots posted an even par 288 on Friday. Cumberland (TN) finished 10 shots behind Lindsey Wilson as they posted a tournament total of 26-over par 890.

Ben Kendrick captured medalist honors as he finished the tournament with an 11-under par 205. After posting an 8-under par 64 on Tuesday, Kendrick fired a final round score of 2-under par 70.

Jonathon Grabara and Federico Navarro led the Blue Raiders in the final round with a pair of 1-under par 71s. Grabara finished the tournament with a 1-under par 215, which slotted him in third overall. Navarro remained in a tie for fourth place at the conclusion of the tournament with an even-par 216.

Grabara had a solid opening nine, carding a 2-under on the front thanks to a pair of birdies on the par-5 second and par-4 eighth. He continued the momentum, moving to 3-under after a birdie on the par-5 14th before he had back-to-back bogeys on 15 and 16 to slip back to 1-under where he finished.

Grabara had the best performance of any player at the tournament on the par-3s, finishing at 1-under across the 54-hole event. He finished with 13 birdies during the competition, trailing only Kendrick with 19. Navarro also reached double-digit birdies with 10.

Navarro played the front nine to 2-over, but caught fire on the back nine as he birdied four holes from the 10th to the 17th to move to 2-under. His only blemish on the back nine came on the 18th when he finished with a bogey.

Zach Madewell was the one of three players to shoot even-par 72 on Wednesday. Madewell dropped four strokes from his rounds on Monday and Tuesday to finish the tournament in 14th with an 8-over par 224. He recorded 38 pars during his three rounds, which tied for the most of any player in the 45-man field.

Madewell opened his final round with five-straight pars before a birdie on the par-4 sixth put him at 1-under. But a bogey on the seventh brought him back to even after the first nine. Madewell recorded two bogeys and two pars on the final nine to finish at even-par for the round.

Chris Butler turned in a 5-over par 77 on Wednesday to conclude the event tied for 21st with a 14-over par 230. He fell to 3-over after the opening four holes of the round, finishing the front at 4-over. Butler settled in and recorded seven-straight pars to start the back, finishing the final nine at 1-over.

Ryan Nowe rounded out the five-man team for Lindsey Wilson as he also shot a 5-over par 77. Nowe concluded the tournament with a 15-over par 231, which placed him 23rd in the field.

Jordan Hagan competed as an individual for the Blue Raiders and he fired a 2-over par 74 in the final round of the tournament. Hagan finished 17th overall with an 11-over par 227 and recorded 34 pars, which tied for the eighth-most. He played the par-4s to even-par, the second best score of the tournament.

As a team, Lindsey Wilson led the 54-hole tournament in par-3 scoring at 6-over and finished with 162 pars, the most of any team.

Georgetown's (KY) Kaleb Lester had the low round of the day on Wednesday with a 3-under par 69. Lester moved into a tie for fourth place with an even par 216.

At the conclusion of the tournament, Grabara garnered First Team All Mid-South Conference honors. Navarro and Madewell earned Second Team All-MSC recognition.

Cumberlands' Kendrick was named the MSC Golfer of the Year, while Pikeville's Saul Lanigan was the MSC Freshman of the Year.

Charles Balcom is Assistant Sports Information Director at Lindsey Wilson College


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