Panthers surge to 11th place finish at Saginaw Valley St. Invitational

LEXINGTON, Ky.— Drury jumped eight spots on the final day of competition at the Saginaw Valley State Invitational to finish in an 11^th place tie with Illinois Springfield in the 21-team event held at the par-72, 7,023-yard Kearney Hill Golf Links in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday.
 
The Panthers shot a +3, 304, posting the second-best score in Sunday’s second round. Drury ended the tournament with a 19-over-par 595 in the 36-hole event. Indianapolis shot 12-under-par as a team and won the tournament by 11 shots over Missouri S&T. 24^th ranked Ferris State came in third as they shot an even-par, 576.
 
Tryn Titus led the Panthers as he ended the tournament tied for 35^th in the 130-player field with a three-over-par, 147. Hunter Jowers led Drury’s best round of the tournament on Sunday as the junior from Jonesboro, Arkansas, fired a one-under-par 71 in the second round and finished tied for 39^th with a +4, 148. Clayton Kaiser was two-over-par on Sunday, and finished the event tied for 52^nd (+7, 151). Will Claywell and Gaige Lewis both tied for 89th, ending at 11-over-par with a 155. Lewis bounced back from an 83 on Saturday and shot an even-par 72 on Sunday.
 
Ben Keil of Indianapolis shot a 10-under-par 134 to win the individual medalist honors by one shot over Johan Widel from Tiffin.
 
This weekend’s tournament was the first event for Drury men’s golf this spring. They return to action March 25-26 at the 
 

 
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