
Panthers Finish Ninth at Weibring Intercollegiate
10/13/2008 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 13, 2008
Normal, Ill. -
The University of Northern Iowa men's golf team fired a final round 295 to move up and finish in ninth place at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, hosted by Illinois State University. The tournament was played at Weibring Golf Club, a par-70 course of 6,681 yards.
UNI entered the final 18 holes in 12th position, but was able to move up three spots for its final placing, shooting 293-301-295—889. The Panthers passed Oakland, Bradley and Creighton today and ended just two shots behind Eastern Illinois, who finished eighth. Illinois was the team champion after shooting 276-279-276—831.
Troy Hoffman and Tyler Johnson tied as UNI's top individual finishers, each tying for 40th place after shooting three-round 223 totals. Scott Langley of Illinois was the tournament medalist with a 201 total score.
This was UNI's final meet of the fall season, as the team will resume play in the spring of 2009.
Team Standings
1. Illinois 276-279-276—831
2. Illinois State 277-281-291—849
3. Western Illinois 291-284-279—854
4. SIU-Edwardsville 288-288-289—865
5. Loyola College 287-289-298—874
6. Southern Illinois 294-290-294—878
7. Missouri State 291-295-296—882
8. Eastern Illinois 296-290-301—887
9. UNI 293-301-295—889
10. Bradley 302-291-298—891
11. Creighton 299-289-306—894
Oakland 304-289-301—894
13. Lindenwood 314-296-301—911
14. Lewis 313-309-303—925
15. Illinois Central 315-315-320—950
Individuals
1. Scott Langley, Illinois 64-67-70—201
2. Kyle Bragg, Illinois State 67-66-71—204
3. Matt Hoffman, Illinois 71-67-70—208
Luke Guthrie, Illinois 71-73-64—208
5. Jared Steger, Western Illinois 74-69-67—210
UNI Individuals
T40. Troy Hoffman 74-76-73—223
T40. Tyler Johnson 75-74-74—223
T45. Jared Doerfler 73-77-75—225*
T50. Kyle Bermel 71-80-75—226
T53. Matt Sargent 73-77-78—228
T53. Andy Wass 81-74-73—228
*competed as individual