PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – The Loyola Chicago men's golf season got underway at the 2024 Golfweek Fall Challenge Sunday through Tuesday. The Ramblers placed 12
th overall after finishing +21 for a total score of 885 (301-290-294).
"I hate to make excuses, but we caught a pretty rough draw the first day with rain that came out of nowhere," said head coach
Erik Hoops. "It made a stretch of the course play substantially tougher for us as opposed to those teams in the lead. It just put us so far behind having a chance to finish in the top few this week."
Sebastian Kasun placed in the top-40 individually, while
Dori Lee and
Zach Mulhearn posted career-low round scores in the final round of the invitational.
"Over the second two days, I thought we showed some great grit and competitiveness against a good field of teams in the top-100," continued Hoops. "We got contribution from everyone in the lineup, saw some red numbers, and are feeling good heading into Davidson next week. When you finish well, you can't wait to get back out there. Just gotta clean up the little things."
Kasun tied for 36
th overall after finishing +3 with a score of 219 (74-70-75) on the weekend. His second-round score of 70 was just one shy of matching his career-low. Kasun registered four birdies in all three rounds.
Lee was on his heels with a score of 221 (77-73-71), finishing +5 and tying 42
nd on the leaderboards. Lee set a new career-best round score with 71 in the final round Tuesday afternoon. He had three birdies in the round to post a -1 on the day.
Joining Lee with a new career-best is Mulhearn. He took 49
th overall with a score of 224 (76-76-72). In the final round, Mulhearn tied his career-best round score from last season at 72 to match par.
Charlie Kulwin and
Clay Heilman wrapped up the Loyola performances. Kulwin tied for 57
th finishing 10 over par (226; 74-76-76), while Heilman made his Maroon & Gold debut. He was +14 with a total score of 230 (81-71-78).
The Ramblers continue fall action Sept. 16-17. Loyola will play in the River Run Collegiate hosted by Davidson in North Carolina.
