Idaho men’s golf finishes eighth in Hawaii invite to end fall season
There will be no more trips down South for the Idaho men’s golf team until it opens up the spring season at the Wyoming Desert Classic Feb. 21-23 in Palm Springs, California. For the rest of the fall semester and the beginning of the spring semester, the Vandals will have to experience Moscow winter weather.
Idaho concluded its fall season Wednesday with an eighth-place finish at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational in Princeville, Hawaii. Idaho shot a three-round, 16-under-par 848. The team shot a 281 Monday and a 280 Tuesday before falling to a 287 Wednesday.
Sophomore Jared du Toit led the Vandals with a 10-under-par 206 (68, 67, 71) to tie for 10th while senior Aaron Cockerill tied for 29th with a 3-under-par 213 (70, 71, 72). Sophomore Ryan Porch carded a 1-over-par 217 (73, 74, 70) to tie for 47th, junior Rylee Iacolucci shot a 2-over-par 218 (71, 73, 74) to tie for 50th and freshman Daniel Sutton shot a 3-over-par 219 (72, 69, 78) to tie for 55th.
Fifteen teams competed in the invitational with Georgia Tech winning by 15 strokes over second-place Arizona State. Georgia Tech shot a 55-under-par 809 while Arizona State shot a 40-under-par 824. Louisville took third with a 38-under-par 826.
Georgia Tech led after each round. It shot the lowest score in the first round, a 272, and it shot the lowest score in the third round, a 264.
Pepperdine’s Frederick Wedel won the invitational shooting a 20-under-par 196 (64, 63, 69). His 64 score in the first round and 63 score in the second round were the lowest scores for those respective rounds. Wedel led the field after each round. Despite the individual win, Pepperdine finished 10th.
Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans and San Diego’s Grant Forrest tied for second place after carding 17-under-par 199 scores.
Garrett Cabeza can be reached at [email protected]