Kirkwood Mens Golf

KCC golfers lead Region XI tourney

PANORA - Charlie Hartwig fired a 1-under-par 71 Sunday as the Kirkwood Eagles took a commanding 23-shot lead after the first day of the NJCAA Region XI fall preview tournament at Lake Panorama Golf Course.

Dan Cutkomp of Kirkwood matched Hartwig with a 71 to top the leaderboard, but Cutkomp is playing as an individual and not with the team.

Jordan Even and Louis Flynn shot 1-over 73's for the Eagles. Carson Whittington contributed a 75.

The final round is scheduled for Monday.

Team Standings

1. Kirkwood 292, 2. DMACC 315, 3. NIACC 322, 4. Iowa Central 321, 5. Iowa Central JV 333, 6. Iowa Lakes 325, 7. Iowa Lakes JV 351.

Eagles 2nd at Ronnie Eastman invite

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Kirkwood's men's golfers had another consistent day Monday, but didn't have enough to overtake St. Ambrose for the team title at the Ronnie Eastman Invitational.

The Eagles shot 302 on Monday to finish at 602, 11 strokes behind the Bees. St. Ambrose's Sergio Garcia was the medalist with a two-day total of 2-under par, 142 on the par-72 LaCrosse Country Club course.

Kirkwood's Carson Whittington took second, shooting a 147 leaving him five shots behind Garcia and one shot ahead of teammate Charles Hartwig, who tied for third after shooting a 148.

RONNIE EASTMAN INVITATIONAL

Team standings: 1 St. Ambrose 297+294=591, 2. Kirkwood 300+302=602, 3. Luther 305+302=607, 4. Viterbo 308+312=620, 5. Wartburg 324+208=632, 6. Jamestown 330+312= 642, 7. St. Ambrose 'B' 322+321=643; 8. Clarke 349+338=687.

KIRKWOOD: 2. Carson Whittington 74+73=147, t3. Charles Hartwig 75+73=148, t6. Eddie Doyle 72+77=149, t17. Louis Flynn 75+79=154, t21. Jordan Even 79+79=158, t36. Mitch Willems 82+82=164

Doyle leads Kirkwood at Eastman golf

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Eddie Doyle of Kirkwood fired an even-par 72 Sunday and stands in second place after the first round of the Ronnie Eastman Invitational at the La Crosse Country Club in La Crosse, Wis.

Saint Ambrose grabbed the 18-hole lead at 297. Kirkwood is three shots back at 300 heading into the final round Monday. Doyle trails the leader from Saint Ambrose by two shots.

Team Standings

1.  Saint Ambrose 297, 2. Kirkwood 300, 3. Luther 305, 4. Viterbo 308, 5. Saint Ambrose White 322, 6. Wartburg 324, 7. Jamestown 330, 8. Clarke 349.

Kirkwood - 2. Eddie Doyle 72, 4. Carson Whittington 74, 7. Louis Flynn 75, 7. Charlie Hartwig 75, 21. Jordan Even 79, 29. Mitch Willems 82.

Mount Mercy wins Cropper golf title

The Mount Mercy Mustangs won the Cropper Golf Classic by 10 shots Sunday at Hunters Ridge.

Will Bruyeres and George Long of Mount Mercy tied for second place in the individual standings with 36-hole scores of 3-over-par 147. Laxton Bennett of Viterbo claimed medalist honors with a 2-under 142.

Mount Mercy finished at 596. Viterbo edged Kirkwood, 606-607, for second place. Coe placed 11th out of 14 teams.

Jordan Even led Kirkwood at 5-over 149. Charlie Hartwig, competing for the Kirkwood "B" team, fired a 3-under 69 Sunday for the best score of the day.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Mount Mercy 596, 2. Viterbo 606, 3. Kirkwood 607, 4. Graceland 614, 5. Grand View 616, 6. Mount Mercy Gold 624, 7. Black Hawk 629, 8. Wartburg 636, 9. Monmouth 642, 10. Loras 656, 11. Coe 657, 12. Kirkwood "B" 663, 13. (tie) Black Hawk "B" 692, Buena Vista 692.

MOUNT MERCY - 2. Will Bruyeres 76-71=147, 2. George Long 73-74=147, 9. Warren Bynoe 76-75=151, 9. Pedro Velasco 75-76=151, Chad Nitz 76-78=154.

KIRKWOOD - 5. Jordan Even 74-75=149, 8. Eddie Doyle 73-77=150, 14. Carson Whittington 75-79=154, 14. Mitch Williams 73-81=154, 34. Dan Cutkamp 76-83=159.

MOUNT MERCY GOLD - 14. Andy DeCamp 77-77=154, 20. Dillon Baker 81-74=155, 28. Jamie Booth 71-86=157, 38. Tom Schuhkraft 80-81=161, 60. Jon Landis 87-83=170.

COE - 20. Hunter Livermore 77-78=155, 43. Anthony Worden 81-81=162, 56. Seth Inman 87-82=169, 61. Jason Gingrich 83-88=171, 69. Hunter Mulnix 97-94=191.

KIRKWOOD "B" - 9. Charlie Hartwig 82-69=151, 29. Louis Flynn 78-80=158, 64. Jaden Carey 92-84=176, 65. Tyler Carlson 87-91=178.