Senior Ben Sisler fired his fourth straight sub-80 round today at the George Fox Invite and finished second overall.
Sisler Leads Corban to Runner-Up Finish at GFU Invite
NEWBERG, Ore. – Senior Ben Sisler (Corvallis, Ore.) shot a 4-over 76 and finished tied for second individually, as Corban's men's golf team took second place behind NCAA Division III member Linfield at the first-ever George Fox Invitational Thursday at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course.
Gunning for his first-ever medalist honor at a collegiate event, Sisler held the tournament lead along with two other players through the first six groups before Linfield's Kyle Henderson came in two shots better than the trio that included Corban's senior co-captain.
On a day when most golf fans were paying attention to what was happening in Augusta, Georgia, Corban men's team took to the links for its final tournament of the regular season and finished with a combined team total of 37-over 325.
Besides Sisler, freshman Steve Landis (Gladstone, Ore.) carded a score of 8-over 80 to finish ninth individually to earn his third top ten finish of the season.
Meanwhile, junior Nathan Furumasu (Gladstone, Ore.) concluded the event in 12th place thanks to a 12-over 84 to go along with senior Wade Douglas' (Ontario, Ore.) 13-over 85 which was good for a tie for 13th individually.
The aforementioned quartet made up the Warriors' scoring for the afternoon, as Corban now looks forward to the NAIA Region I Tournament with a shot to qualify for its first-ever NAIA Championship.
Senior Josh Greenslade (Spokane, Wash.), who was counted as an individual scoring-wise today, carded an 18-hole score of 19-over 91 to finish 21st overall individually.
Linfield's "A" team took home the team title after firing a combined 18-over 306 led by Henderson's 2-over 74 which was good enough for medalist honors. Corban took home the runner-up honors after beating Linfield's "B" team and Willamette by three strokes each, after the Wildcats and Bearcats fired identical scores of 40-over 328. Tournament-host George Fox rounded out the team scoring with a combined total of 71-over 359.
Besides Henderson's individual performance, Willamette's Shane Adversaio and Linfield's Tyler Nelson carded identical scores of 4-over 76 to tie Sisler for second place. Linfield's Andrew Fitch rounded out the top five with a score of 5-over 77.
Corban will return to the links on Monday and Tuesday, April 28th & 29th, for the NAIA Region I Tournament at Couer d'Alene Municipal Golf Course in Couer d'Alene, Idaho beginning at approximately 8:00 a.m. each day.