Final Results | Hole-by-Hole Scoring

SARTELL, Minn. – Saint John's golf finished fourth out of 19 teams at its Fall Invitational on Sunday, Sept. 21, at Blackberry Ridge G.C. (par 72) in Sartell.

Carleton shot the day's best round – a 2-under par 286 – to win the tournament by 10 shots with a two-day total of 569 (-7). Bethel's second team tied with Willamette (Ore.) for second at 579 (+3), one shot ahead of the Johnnies in fourth (+4, 580). Whitworth (Wash.) was fifth (+12, 588). The Knights' Sam Higaki followed Saturday's 7-under par 65 with a 71 (-1) to earn medalist honors at 136 (-8), three shots ahead of St. Olaf's Isaac Schmidt in second (-5, 139).

Senior Tim Fultz (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) led the Johnnies with a two-day 68-72-140 (-4) to finish third out of 119 golfers. He shot even-par 72 on Sunday, collecting a pair of birdies on the front nine – including a two-shot birdie on No. 9 – but bogeyed twice in the back nine for an even-par 72. 

Freshman Austin Roloff (Minneapolis, Minn./Spring Lake Park) was three-under on the back nine to jump 29 golfers on the leaderboard with a 2-under par 70. He carded back-to-back birdies on holes 12 and 13 and another on 17 to finish 10th overall. Sophomore Gavin Grahek (Maple Grove, Minn.) took 20th after three doubles and a bogey ended in a Sunday 76. Senior Gus Briguet (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) finished 24th with a 75 and a trio of birdies in his final round.

Senior Ethan Kress (Woodbury, Minn.) led the 19 Johnnies with five birdies Sunday for a 2-under par 70 to tie for seventh overall with an even-par 144 to lead SJU Blue, which tied for sixth at 593 (+17). Freshman Lukas Ehmke (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) tied for 24th with a 148 (+4).

Sophomores Mac Drake (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) and Marty Timmons (Brainerd, Minn.) finished in a tie for 35th to lead SJU White, which ended the weekend in 13th (+39, 615). 

The Johnnies go for their 16th conference title at the three-day MIAC Championships this Saturday-Monday, Sept. 27-29, at Edinburgh G.C. (par 72) in Brooklyn Park. The MIAC champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships on May 12-15 at Mission Resort + Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.