They've done it before, and we know that they can do it, so it was good to see them do it today."īesard, who joined the Illini last offseason after four years at Southern Illinois, was the only Illinois golfer to post a bogey-free score on Saturday. "Tommy and Adrien have been carrying us most of the season, and for those two to 'bring it' the last round was a huge positive. "It was good to see those two (Besard and Buchanan) play well today," Small added.
Overall, the Illini closed the weekend with four golfers inside the top-16, as the fifth-year senior duo of Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T13 th) and Tommy Kuhl (T16 th) joined Besard and Buchanan among the weekend's top performers.
So there's positives to take away, but there are some things we've go to work through."īesard jumped 12 spots from 21 st to ninth, and Buchanan rose 20 from a tie for 36 th to a share of 16 th with their impressive rounds on Saturday. We came out today and played as solid as anybody in the field until we had a meltdown the last couple of holes. We pride ourselves on hitting our standard, and holding it to the end of the tournament. "It's part of the game and we understand that, but when you put yourselves in position the way that we did, to take the lead with a couple of holes to go, and to not finish it off is something we want to improve on. "I'm happy with the way we played most of the day, but I'm bothered by the way that we closed the tournament," head coach Mike Small said.
When it was all settled the Illini closed with a three-round tally of 843 (-21), to notch their seventh consecutive top-five finish to open the 2022-23 season. But late stumbles over the final two holes brought the team back to the pack for a solid top-5 finish against a field that featured nine top-30 programs. The Illini entered the day in fourth and shot a closing 278 (-10) to momentarily take over the team lead during Saturday's finale. 4-ranked Fighting Illini to the team's lowest score of the weekend en route to a tie for fourth at the National Invitational Tournament at OMNI Tucson National Golf Club. – Matthis Besard and Jackson Buchanan combined to shoot 9-under during Saturday's final round, sparking the No.
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