Linn-Mar Boys Golf

Murdock's ace sparks Cougars to district title

The free drinks are on Cole Murdock.

Murdock fired a hole-in-one and claimed medalist honors Tuesday at Hunters Ridge as the Kennedy Cougars won their eighth straight district golf title.

Kennedy will compete for the state title this Friday and Saturday at the Tournament Club of Iowa in Polk City.

Murdock aced the 16th hole at Hunters Ridge with a pitching wedge. The ball hit the bottom of the flag and dropped into the cup.

Murdock knew he hit a good shot, but did not realize the ball was in the hole.

"I've never had a hole-in-one, so I guess I've never really seen what it looks like going in from the distance," he said. "When I heard it hit the flag I was kind of looking around to see where it went."

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Cougars eye state title in final shot

The old gang of Kennedy golfers are all seniors now, heading down their final fairway together as high school athletes.

There are six of them - Davis Sutton, Conner Koberg, Cole Murdock, Tanner Stewart, Ross Grekoff and Seth Nutt - and they've accomplished some impressive things during their prep careers with major championships, conference titles and a pair of second-place showings at the state tournament the last two years.

The Cougars added another Mississippi Valley Conference title to their resume Monday, winning the Valley Division crown by a whopping 52 shots in the final round of the 54-hole event at Ellis Golf Course.

Sutton won the overall Valley championship with a 54-hole score of 217 with rounds of 65, 77 and 75 on three different courses. Koberg took medalist honors Monday with an even-par 72 and placed second overall at 225. Murdock placed third at 227, giving Kennedy a 1-2-3 sweep of the top honors.

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Lindwall, Lions take top honors

Washington's Frank Lindwall took medalist honors, shooting a 2-under par 34, but Linn-Mar took team honors at a three-team meet Mississippi Valley Conference meet Monday at Hunters Ridge in Marion.

The Lions finished at 147, four shots better that Washington. Dubuque Wahlert was third at 160.

Ben Greif paces the Lions with a 35.

Team standings: 1. Linn-Mar 147, 2. Washington 151, 3. Dubuque Wahlert 160.

LINN-MAR: Ben Greif 35, Trevor McCann 37, Jordan Bohannon 37, Owen Vander Velden 38, Max Thrune 39, Brent Larson 43, Jake Sevcik 43, Nic Uhlir 45.

WASHINGTON: Frank Lindwall 34, Jake Patterson 37, Jabe Gonder 39, Will Jackson 41, Alex Slattery 41, Jonathon Miller 41, Joe Slattery 44, Evan Jankwietz 44

Koberg paces Cougars to Cedar Falls title

CEDAR FALLS - Conner Koberg blew away the field with a 2-under-par 70 Friday as the Kennedy Cougars won the Cedar Falls Tiger Invitational at Beaver Hills Country Club.

Koberg defeated J.D. Goodfellow of Iowa City West by six shots in the individual standings and was the only golfer to break par on a windy day in Cedar Falls. Kennedy edged Waukee, 310-312, for the title.

Koberg collected six birdies during his round. He also had four bogeys.

Davis Sutton of Kennedy tied for fourth place with a 78. Brent Larson of Linn-Mar also shot a 78, helping the Lions finish third out of 13 teams.

Jordan Even shot an 80 to help Xavier place sixth in the standings. Blake Seda shot an 81 as Prairie finished seventh.

CEDAR FALLS TIGER INVITATIONAL

Beaver Hills Country Club

1. Kennedy 310, 2. Waukee 312, 3. Linn-Mar 327, 4. (tie) Cedar Falls 338, Wahlert 338, 6. Xavier 341, 7. Prairie 342, 8. Southeast Polk 345, 9. Dubuque Senior 346, 10. Iowa City West 347, 11. Western Dubuque 368, 12. Hempstead 376, 13. Jefferson 386.

Top 5 Individuals

Par 72

1. Conner Koberg, Kennedy      70

2. J.D. Goodfellow, IC West    76

3. Aaron Denucci, Waukee       77

4. Davis Sutton, Kennedy       78

Connor Littlefield, Waukee  78

Tripp Kinney, Waukee        78

Brent Larson, Linn-Mar      78

KENNEDY: Conner Koberg 70, Davis Sutton 78, Cole Murdock 80, Ross Grekoff 82, Tanner Stewart 82, Jordan Weiss 86.

LINN-MAR: Brent Larson 78, Jake Sevcik 80, Trevor McCann 83, Ben Greif 86, Max Thrune 86, Owen Vander Velden 88.

XAVIER: Jordan Even 80, Brody Robinson 85, Sam Martin 86, Tyler Breitbach 90, Matt Neumeyer 91, Riley Dempsey 96.

PRAIRIE: Blake Seda 81, Cooper Reittinger 85, Cal Clark 88, Bryce Prokop 88, Mitch Lorenz 89, Matt Lorenz 89.

JEFFERSON: Adam Van Oort 89, Nile Happel 94, Carter Schmitz 101, Kellen Brown 102, Reid Griffith 102, Connor Hammons 113.