Kirkwood Mens Golf

KCC golfers ranked 7th in nation

The Kirkwood men's golf team is ranked seventh in the nation and first in its region by GolfStats.com.

Carson Whittington of Kirkwood is ranked 99th among junior college golfers in the country with a 74.13 stroke average.

Kirkwood's region includes all the junior colleges in Iowa except Indian Hills and Iowa Western.

Whittington takes 2nd at AIB golf

PANORA - Carson Whittington of Kirkwood fired a 3-under-par 69 Saturday and finished second in the AIB Invitational at the Lake Panorama National Resort golf course.

Whittington finished with a 36-round total of 72-69=141. Lucas Boyd of AIB topped Whittington by one shot for the title.

Kirkwood placed third in the team standings behind AIB and Indian Hills.

AIB FALL INVITATIONAL

LAKE PANORAMA NATIONAL RESORT

TEAM STANDINGS

1. AIB 580, 2. Indian Hills 582, 3. Kirkwood 595, 4. DMACC 625, 5. (tie) Waldorf 635, Graceland 635, 7. AIB "B" 640, 8. Iowa Central 643, 9. AIB "C" 646

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Kirkwood stands 3rd at AIB golf

PANORA - Carson Whittington of Kirkwood fired a par-72 on the first day of the AIB Invitational Friday and is in third place in the individual standings at Lake Panorama.

Harrison Moore, a Kennedy High School grad who plays at Indian Hills, took the 18-hole lead with a 2-under 70.

Indian Hills leads the team standings at 293. Kirkwood is third at 303.

AIB Invitational
Lake Panorama

Team Standings

1. Indian Hills 293, 2. AIB 297, 3. Kirkwood 303, 4. DMACC 319, 5. Graceland 320, 6. (tie) Waldorf 322, Iowa Central 322, 8. AIB "C" 326, 9.

AIB "B" 328.

Kirkwood - 3. Carson Whittington 72, 6. Alex Garcia 74, 18. Dylan Daxon 78, 23. Dan Cutkomp 79, 25. Blaine Buhr 80.

South leads Mustangs at Blue Top Ridge

RIVERSIDE - Jack South fired a 6-under-par 138 Tuesday as the Mount Mercy Mustangs captured the top prize at the Mustang '36' Invitational at Blue Top Ridge in Riverside.

South posted rounds of 70 and 68 for medalist honors. Blaine Buhr of Kirkwood placed second at 2-under 142.

Mount Mercy trimmed Kirkwood for the title, 588-593.

MOUNT MERCY INVITATIONAL

Blue Top Ridge Golf Course

Riverside Par 72

Team Standings

1. Mount Mercy 588, 2. Kirkwood 594, 3. AIB 601, 4. Grand View 619, 5. Viterbo 624, 6. Mount Mercy Gold 630, 7. Graceland 642.

Medalist - Jack South, Mount Mercy, 70-68=138

Mount Mercy - 1. Jack South 70-68=138, 5. Matt Schlueter 75-72=147, 6. Warren Bynoe 74-74=148, 18. Jacob Selander 73-82=155, 28. Nathan Chilcott 79-82=161.

Kirkwood - 2. Blaine Buhr 73-69=142, 6. Carson Whittington 78-70=148, 13. Dylan Daxon 74-78=152, 13. Mitch Willems 78-74=152, 15. Aleix Riera Garcia 77-77=154, 21. Dan Cutkomp 81-76=157, 22. Ben Jones 78-80=158, 24. Eddie Doyle 79-81=160.

Mount Mercy Gold - 11. Colton Clemmer 74-76=150, 20. Dillon Baker 74-82=156, 24. Ben Franklin 83-77=160, 32. Ben Schemmel 84-80=164.