INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's golf team used a pair of balanced rounds to sit tied for third among the 13 teams competing at this week's Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational after Monday's (Mar. 31) first two rounds. The Jaguars carded rounds of 282 and 286, leaving them tied for third among the 13-team field at 568 ahead of Tuesday's finale.
Both
Brady Schier and
Noah Kirsch are tied for 14th overall at 1-over 141 after 36 holes.
In the morning round,
Morgan Tournemire led the way at 2-under 68 while Schier and
Sam McWilliams each shot 1-over 71. Tournemire was 4-under through eight holes to start the day before finishing at 2-under. Schier opened his day with back-to-back birdies and was under par for most of the round before making bogey on two of his final three holes.
Kirsch rounded out the scoring group at 2-over 72 and sophomore
Titus Boswell shot 6-over 76.
Harry Ward led the team's two individual entries in round one with a 3-over 73 and
Greg Miller shot 5-over 75 with four birdies.
In round two, Kirsch led the way at 1-under 69 and Schier shot even par 70. McWilliams carded 3-over 73 and both Tournemire and Boswell shot 4-over 74. Ward also shot 4-over 74 from his individual spot while Miller carded a second straight round of 75.
Miller and Schier had a team-high seven birdies in two rounds while Kirsch had a team-high 25 pars.
Host Butler leads the team scoring at 554 while Butler's Will Horne is atop the leaderboard at 5-under 135. Tuesday's final round is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m.