MADISON, Illinois – The South Dakota men's golf program put together their best performance of the season thus far at the Derek Dolnec Invite Monday and Tuesday. Junior
Max Schmidtke once again recorded an impressive showing to record his second straight top 10 finish and first career top three finish as a Yote. As a team, the Yotes placed seventh finishing with a score of 882 (+30).
Schmidtke picked up where he left off last time out carding a season-low 69 in the first round before carding back-to-back 71s in rounds two and three. Schmidtke recorded a season-low 54-hole score of 211 which ties for eighth lowest in program history. The Sheboygan, Wisconsin, native recorded the best average on Par 5s with a 4.33 scoring average. He recorded the fifth most birdies after three rounds and was one of 13 players to record an eagle.
Not too far behind Schmidtke was
Hunter Rebrovich who tied for 21
st after three rounds of action in Illinois. Rebrovich carded an opening round of 73 before recording back-to-back 74s to finish with a score of 221. Senior
Ian Johnston finished four spots behind Rebrovich as he tied for 25
th place with scores of 71-75-76 to finish at 222.
Ryan Neff recorded a season-best 54-hole score of 228 in Illinois carding scores of 74-77-77. Neff also recorded a season-low round of 74 in round one. Rounding out the scoring for the Yotes was
Nick LaMotte who tied for 75
th place after recording scores of 76-81-80 for a total score of 237.
Competing as an individuals for the Yotes were
Ben Daane and
Logan Hamak. Daane placed 80
th after recording a three round score of 242 while Hamak placed 87
th (76-0-81 – 157).
Inside the Scorecard
- The Yotes recorded their best 54-hole score of the season with a final tally of 882.
- The Yotes had three golfers finish in the top 25 with Schmidtke placing third.
- USD recorded 160 pars and pitched in 38 birdies as well after three rounds of action
UP Next
The Yotes take a week off before traveling to Jonesboro, Arkansas to compete in the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate hosted by Arkansas State October 11-12.
