Kirkwood Mens Golf

Kirkwood in third at Clarke invite

PEOSTA - Kirkwood is in third place, just four shots out of the lead after the first of the Clarke Fall Classic at the Thunder Hills Country Club.

St. Ambrose (307) holds the lead after the first day on the par-71 layout. Dubuque Blue (309) is second, followed by Kirkwood at 311.

Hunter Van Veen of DMACC leads the individual race after shooting a 71. Kirkwood's Dan Cuttcomp is tied for second after shooting 75.

The tournament concludes Monday with a 9 a.m. start.

Team standings

1.  St. Ambrose 307, 2. Dubuque Blue 309, 3. Kirkwood 311, 4. Viterbo 316, 5. NIACC 317, 6. DMACC 320, 7. Clarke 324, 8. Southwest Tech 338, 9. Iowa Wesleyan 339, 10. Dubuque White 347, 11. Clarke II 357, 12. Palmer 371

KIRKWOOD SCORES: T2 Dan Cuttcomp 37-38 75, T 4 Dylan Daxon 37-39 76, T 13 Carson Whittington 41-38 79, T23 Blaine Buhr 40-41 81, T33 Alex Garcia 41-43 84.

Chilcott fires 68 as Mustangs take lead

Nathan Chilcott shot a 4-under-par 68 Saturday to help Mount Mercy take the first-round lead at the Cropper Golf Classic at Hunters Ridge.

Chilcott has a three-shot edge over seven golfers heading into the final round today.

Mount Mercy leads AIB, 286-290, in the team standings.

Blaine Buhr of Kirkwood fired a 1-under 71 and is tied for second place. The Eagles are in fifth place in the standings.

Tyler Gunderson shot a 4-over 76 for Coe, which is in 21st place out of 22 teams.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Mount Mercy 286, 2. AIB 290, 3. (tie) Grand View 292, Illinois Wesleyan 292, 5. Kirkwood 294, 6. (tie) Cardinal Stritch 299, St. Francis 299, 8. (tie) Grand View 'B' 304, Viterbo 304, 10. Wartburg 306, 11. Mount Mercy Gold 307, 12. DMACC 314, 13. Simpson 316, 14. (tie) Black Hawk 317,Waldorf 317, 16. Loras 319, 17. Buena Vista 325, 18. Missouri Valley 325, 19. Clarke 327, 20. Viterbo Silver 329, 21. Coe 330, 22. Saint Mary's 340.

MOUNT MERCY: 1. Nathan Chilcott 68, 9. Jack South 72, 16. Matt Schlueter 73, 16. Jacob Selander 73, 55. Jamie Booth 79.

KIRKWOOD: 2. Blaine Buhr 71, 16. Dan Cutkomp 73, 16. Drew Digman 73, 34. Dylan Daxon 75, 34. Aleix Riera Garcia 75, 38. Carson Whittington 76.

MOUNT MERCY GOLD: 38. Dillon Baker, 38. Warren Bynoe 76, 38. Ben Franklin 76, 55. Colton Clemmer 79.

COE: 38. Tyler Gunderson 76, 97. Seth Inman 84, 97. Anthony Worden 84, 105. Alex Everhart 86, 118. Hunter Mulnix 101.

Chilcott ties for 18th at JUCO golf

PLYMOUTH, Ind. - Nathan Chilcott of Kirkwood struggled in the final round Friday and tied for 18th at the NJCAA Division II national golf tournament at the Swan Lake Resort Black Course in Plymouth, Ind.

Chilcott, from Wales, was tied for fifth place entering the final day of the 72-hole tournament, but he shot an 11-over-par 83 and faded from contention.

Chilcott finished with a four-day total of 14-over 302. He finished 15 strokes behind Levi Fink of NIACC, who won the national title at 1-under 287.

Chilcott ties for 18th at JUCO golf

PLYMOUTH, Ind. - Nathan Chilcott of Kirkwood struggled in the final round Friday and tied for 18th at the NJCAA Division II national golf tournament at the Swan Lake Resort Black Course in Plymouth, Ind.

Chilcott, from Wales, was tied for fifth place entering the final day of the 72-hole tournament, but he shot an 11-over-par 83 and faded from contention.

Chilcott finished with a four-day total of 14-over 302. He finished 15 strokes behind Levi Fink of NIACC, who won the national title at 1-under 287.