MANHATTAN, Kan. – The South Dakota men's golf team made its return to the links at the Colbert Hills Wildcat Invitational. The Yotes finished in 11^th place as a team while senior Ben Hicks led the squad with a 31^st place.
 
The Yotes ended day two shooting a 311 as a team to finish with a team score of 929 after three rounds of action.
 
Hicks shot a final round of 76 to finish with a 227 after three rounds. Hicks shot a 73, 78, 76 and recorded seven birdies and 33 pars at the invitational. Newcomer Max Schmidtke finished just behind Hicks tying for 38^th place with a three round score of 77, 75, 77 for a total score of 229.
 
Senior Ian Johnston began his senior season tying for 44^th place with scores of 75, 81, and 77 for a total score of 233. He recorded five birdies and 31 pars over the three rounds. Junior Ryan Neff tied for 65^th place with a 78, 85, 81 scorecard to total 244. Another newcomer Hunter Rebrovich tied for 67^th place with scores of 82, 81 and 82 to card a 29 under-par 245.
 
Logan Hamak competed as an individual for the Yotes and shot a 254 for 73^rd place in his Coyote debut.
 
The Coyotes are back in action on September 20-21 at the Ram Masters Invitational in Fort Collins, Colorado.
 

Pos.	Player (Team)	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
11	South Dakota	303	315	311	929
T31	Ben Hicks (1)	73	78	76	227
T38	Max Schmidtke (2)	77	75	77	229
T44	Ian Johnston (4)	75	81	77	233
T65	Ryan Neff (3)	78	85	81	244
T67	Hunter Rebrovich (5)	82	81	82	245
73	Logan Hamak (Ind.)	88	87	79	254