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Men's Golf Ready for The Summit League Championships

| By: WIU Athletic Communications

The Leathernecks will play three 18-hole rounds in Kansas April 28-30.

MACOMB, Ill. – The Western Illinois men's golf team has prepared all season for the Summit League Championships at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kan., April 28-30.
 
STARTING LINEUP:
1. Jackson Wetherbee
2. Kyle Irlbacker
3. Parker Govern
4. Wyatt Spier
5. John Duggan III
 
COURSE INFORMATION (From TheSummitLeague.org):
Sand Creek Station Golf Course just outside Newton, Kan., is a links-style 18-hole public golf course with a bent grass playing surface designed by architect Jeff Brauer. Unique features include an active railway running through the course, Sand Creek bordering four holes, and 11 custom ponds. A wooden cart bridge spans Sand Creek, and a concrete underpass allows carts to travel under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. A biking/walking path runs along the tracks from the course to Southwest 14th Street.
 
COMPETING TEAMS:
Denver, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Purdue Fort Wayne, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Western Illinois
 
QUOTABLE:
We are looking forward to the Summit League Championships at Sand Creek Station," interim head coach Lia Biehl Lukkarinen said. "It's been there the last few years, so some of the team has on course experience.  Driving and iron accuracy will be at a premium.  If the men play to their potential, we will do very well."
 
LAST OUTING: 
In his final Beu Mussatto Invitational, Jackson Wetherbee finished at the top of the leaderboard while the Western Illinois Purple team claimed third place with a 573 (-5) on Tuesday, April 16. The event hosted by the Leathernecks was changed to a one-day, 36-hole affair after snow at Harry Mussatto Golf Course prevented the planned start of Monday (April 15).

Wetherbee fired a two-round score of 139 (-5) to secure the medalist position. Freshman Parker Govern tied for third place overall after turning in a 141 (-3). Just outside of top-10 in 11th overall, Kyle Irlbacker wrapped up with a final score of 145 (+1).
 
Also in final home event, John Duggan III was consistent to end up at 148 (+4). Cameron Karney rounded out the WIU Purple lineup with a 151 (+7).
 
Wyatt Spier led the way for the Western Illinois Gold team with a 144 (E) to tie for ninth place while Dennis Reedy carded a 149 (+5). Joe Burke from Macomb showed an eight-stroke improvement from round one to round two (82-74) for a total of 156 (+12).
 
The biggest improvement by a WIU player came from Nick Ceruzzi transforming his first round score of 89 to a 76 in the second round as he ended up with a 165 (+21). Macomb native Graham Conrad was right behind with a 166 (+22). The Gold squad finished play in sixth place after a combined team score of 608 (+32).
 
Indian Hills won the 47th annual Beu Mussatto Invitational with a combined team score of 564 (-12), seven strokes ahead of Iowa Western in second place.
 
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