Toledo Finishes in 14th Place at Boilermaker Invitational

Sunday, April 16

West Lafayette, IN

University of Toledo

Boilermaker Invitational

J. Bryce at Inverness Intercollegiate (15)

Freshman Joe Bryce tied for 13th place among 84 competitors at three-over par 219 to be UT’s top finisher in the third-consecutive event.

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Toledo Finishes in 14th Place at Boilermaker Invitational

4/16/2017 6:10:00 PM | Men's Golf

Day Two Results (PDF) (Boilermaker Invitational)Day Two Results ((Boilermaker Invitational)

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Freshman Joe Bryce carded a team-best one-under par 71 on Sunday as Toledo registered a 14^th-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational. The tourney was hosted by Big Ten member Purdue at the Kampen Course (Par-72, 7423 Yards).

Bryce tied for 13^th place among 84 competitors in the individual standings at three-over par 219 (71-77-71) to be UT's top finisher in the third-consecutive event.

Junior co-captain Colin Joseph finished seven strokes behind Bryce and tied for the 42^nd spot at 10-over par 226 (79-74-73), followed by freshman Thomas Thurloway and junior captain Stephen Watts, who recorded scores of 16-over par 232 (79-78-75) and 17-over par 233 (78-80-75) to place tied for 67^th and tied for 70^th place, respectively.

Rounding out the Rockets' lineup was freshman Grant Godfrey with a mark of 23-over par 239 (81-83-75) and tied for the 78^th spot.

Mid-American Conference member Kent State won the team title with a tally of one-over par 865 (285-296-284). The Golden Flashes held a five-stroke advantage over the host Boilermakers (870) and a 45-shot advantage against the Midnight Blue & Gold.

As a unit, the Rockets fired a team score of 46-over par 910 (307-309-294) to find themselves 14^th among 15 squads.
Individually, the Golden Flashes' Bjarki Petursson captured medalist honors at four-under par 212 (73-69-70), edging out teammate Josh Whalen (213) by one stroke.

The Rockets will now turn their attention to the MAC Championships at the Virtues Club in Nashport, OH on Friday-Sunday, April 28-30. Toledo will look for its first league title since 2004.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Kent State 285-296-284=865 (+1); 2. Purdue 294-293-283=870 (+6); 3. Northwestern301 -294-279=874 (+10); 4. UNLV 291-298-286=875 (+11); 5. Ohio State 301-301-283=885 (+21); T6. Wisconsin 293-302-293=888 (+24); T6. Central Florida 295-297-296=888 (+24); 8. Indiana 300-305-287=892 (+28); T9. Southern Illinois 299-313-283=895 (+31); T9. Northern Illinois 305-299-291=895 (+31); T11. Michigan State 302-303-303=908 (+44); T11. Michigan 303-314-291=908 (+44); 13. Miami 300-310-299=909 (+45); 14. TOLEDO 307-309-294=910 (+46); 15. Cincinnati 301-317-294=912 (+48)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Bjarki Petursson (KSU) 73-69-70=212 (-4); 2. Josh Whalen (KSU) 73-72-68=213 (-3); T3. Nick Robinson (WIS) 71-70-73=214 (-2); T3. Austin Eoff (PU) 75-69-70=214 (-2); 5. Timmy Hildebrand (PU) 71-75-69=215 (-1)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T13. Joe Bryce 71-77-71=219 (+3); T42. Colin Joseph 79-74-73=226 (+10); T67. Thomas Thurloway 79-78-75=232 (+16); T70. Stephen Watts 78-80-75=233 (+17); T78. Grant Godfrey 81-83-75=239 (+23)