Notre Dame, Ind. - The ICC men's golf team would wake up to the iconic imagery of Touchdown Jesus outside their hotel by the campus of the University of Notre Dame. They were in Irish territory for the Saints Classic, hosted by nearby Holy Cross College, taking place at the Irish's Warren Golf Course. As picturesque as the images around them may have been, the weather conditions were not entirely welcoming. On day one of the tournament on Monday, temperatures were in the lower 50's and winds were gusting from 15-25 miles per hour. One day two - how about upper 30s for the real feel temperature. Despite all those conditions, ICC was in second place after the first day, and would settle for fifth by tournament's end. That included
Peyton Woods medaling yet again, breaking 70 in the second round as well.
FULL INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Peyton Woods | 1st Place | +4 / 146
Brock Taylor | T-21st Place | +19 / 161
Collin Roche | T-24th Place | +21 / 163
Hunter Ficken | T-28th Place | +23 / 165
Quinn Cox | 43rd Place | +31 / 173
Luke Markley | 52nd Place | +39 / 181
FULL TEAM SCORING
1st Place | Morningside | +51 / 619
2nd Place | Bethel (IN) - A | +52 / 620
3rd Place | Roosevelt | +53 / 621
4th Place | St. Ambrose | +64 / 632
5th Place | ICC COUGARS | +67 / 635
6th Place | Culver-Stockton | +73 / 641
7th Place | Indiana-Kokomo | +83 / 651
8th Place | Holy Cross - A | +103 / 671
9th Place | Saint Xavier | +116 / 684
10th Place | Bethen (IN) - B | +135 / 703
11th Place | Holy Cross - B | +139 / 707
The Cougars won four tournaments as a team this fall, including
Peyton Woods and
Hunter Ficken combining to win medalist honors five times.
HE SAID IT - FINAL FALL THOUGHTS FROM COACH SEAN KENNEDY
"Disappointed we did not perform better as a team today (Tuesday), but certainly demonstrated that we could play at that level. Terrific tournament experience playing the Notre Dame Warren Course. Eager to return next year and try to climb that leaderboard. Players are going to take a well-deserved break. Eager to get off-season strength and conditioning underway."
