Mizzou Golf Ties for Third in Final Fall Event
11/4/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Columbia, Mo.-- Mizzou Golf closed out the fall season with its third top-three finish of the season after tying for third at Wendy's Kiawah Classic with a score of 14-over-par 878.
Despite dropping in the standings during the final day of competition, the Tigers fought back to tie for third with a surging Marquette team. No. 37 Winthrop (E) claimed the tournament title and Georgia Southern (+4) took third. The event took place on one of the most challenging courses Mizzou played during the fall at Turtle Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C.
Euan Walker played his best during the final 18 holes. After firing two consecutive rounds of 1-over-par 73, the sophomore carded a 1-under-par 71 to finish with a tournament total of 1-over-par 217 to advance in the standings and tie for ninth. Walker finished in the top 10 in three-of-five fall events for Mizzou.
Freshman Hayden Buckley earned the first top-25 finish of his career as he tied for 23rd with a score of 6-over-par 222. Wendy's Kiawah Classic was the second collegiate event for Buckley. He previously tied for 35th at the Patriot Intercollegiate.
Ryan Zech and Wilson Sundvold tied for 29th after posting scores of 7-over-par 223. Zech finished the fall with victories at the Turning Stone Intercollegiate and Patriot Intercollegiate, as well as a top-20 finish at the Dick's Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup. Sundvold had his best fall season to date. The redshirt junior stepped up and played the best golf of his career, never finishing outside the top 40 at an event.
Like Walker, Linus Lilliedahl also played his best golf during the final round of the tournament to advance in the standings by carding even-par 72. The sophomore tied for 55th at 12-over-par 228. Lilliedahl participated in one other fall event for Mizzou, earning a career-best tie for eighth at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.
Mizzou will return to action in the spring when it participates in the Snowman Getaway in Goodyear, Ariz., Feb. 22-24, 2015.
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