By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GreenBayPhoenix.com
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Led by an even-par
72 from senior Chad Ebert (Kenosha,
Wis.), the Green Bay men's golf team won the Green Bay Shootout on Sunday at
Green Bay Country Club with a 4-over par 292. Ebert's Phoenix team shot a 303
on a more blustery day on Monday in the first round of the Green Bay Division I
Invitational, but Green Bay heads to Tuesday's final round leading the Green
Bay B team by three strokes (306).
The Green Bay
Invitational at the par-72, 7,097-yard course concludes on Tuesday morning with
a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.
GREEN BAY SHOOTOUT
On Sunday, Green
Bay's A team's 292 bested the B team by 17 shots (309) while St. Norbert
finished in third place at 321. Sophomore Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.) and senior Cam Fuller (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) each posted rounds of 1-over 73 on
Sunday while junior Dan Ozga
(Edgerton, Wis.) rounded out the scoring with a 2-over 74.
Ebert, the 2012
Horizon League champion, opened his senior campaign with an even par round that
included a back nine 34 and four birdies.
For the B squad, a
trio of Phoenix golfers carded 5-over par 77s, including sophomores Tyler Schmidt (Jefferson, Wis.) and Chad Bonis (New Berlin, Wis.) and
freshman Kyle Shafer (Spring Valley,
Wis.). One shot behind them was junior Joseph Collard (Marinette, Wis.) with a 78.
GREEN BAY INVITATIONAL
On Monday, Green
Bay welcomed eight schools to Green Bay Country Club for the 36-hole Green Bay
Invitational. Butler and Chicago State joined two Green Bay teams for the
Division I event, and the Phoenix A squad led the group with a 15-over 303.
Fuller opened his
round with pars on the first 12 holes before birdying the 200-yard, par-3 13th
hole. He finished the round at 2-over 74 to lead the A team. Bookmeier (75),
Ozga (76) and Ebert (78) rounded out the team's scoring.
Schmidt sits at the
top of the Division I field after a 1-over 73, the best Phoenix score of the
day. Schmidt was 4-over after three holes before carding six birdies and
playing his final 15 holes in 3-under par.
Collard shot a 75
on the strength of four birdies while Bonis made 11 pars en route to a
first-round 77. Junior Sam Weber
(Heartland, Wis.) rounded out the scoring rounds for the B team at 81.
The B squad is just
three strokes back at 306 while Butler is in third (308) and Chicago State sits
in fourth place (392). In the non-Division I event, Indianapolis leads the pack
after a 3-under 295 with Lewis (308), Central (309), Concordia-St. Paul (314),
St. Ambrose (321) and St. Norbert (325) rounding out the field.
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