Monday, April 28
Grove City, Ohio / Pinnacle C.C.
9:00 AM
Central Michigan University
at
Mid-American Conference Championship
Chippewa Golfers Finish Round Two Ninth at MAC Championships
4/28/2025 5:21:00 PM | Men's Golf
GROVE CITY, Ohio – Central Michigan golfers enjoyed a sunny warm day Monday for the second round of the Mid-American Conference Championship, hosted by Bowling Green at Pinnacle Golf Club.
The Chippewa team slid one spot to ninth from their round one finish Sunday. As a team, CMU logged 305, two strokes higher than their first 18, totaling 608 through 36. Ohio holds a ten-stroke lead over CMU heading into the final round Tuesday.
Keith Hunter stays atop the Chippewa card after a 76-stroke (+4) performance Monday, highlighted by an eagle on his second hole of the day, a 546-yard par five. His round one score of 74 (+2) moves him to 150 in the tournament for 33rd place.
Easton Phillips will enter day three tied for 34th at 151 one stroke behind Hunter. Phillips logged 75 (+3) on the second round highlighted by four birdies, three of which came from his final five holes.
Jeffrey Sager tied Phillips for the Chippewas low score on the day at 75 (+3). After shooting 77 (+5) in the first 18, Sager enters round three a stroke behind Phillips at 152 and holds 38th in the field.
Jeffrey Andrus and Nicholas Kilgore rounded out CMU's card. Andrus tallied 79 (+7) on the day for 155 strokes through 36 holes and a tie for 41st, while Kilgore's 80 (+8) moves him to 165 and remains in 44th.
"Jeffrey (Andrus) had a mishap on one hole, he played pretty well, just one bad hole. He fought through that and that was very early in his round," Head Coach Kevin Jennings said of Andrus' performance, "He fought through that and was rather resolute and resilient and allowed himself to keep it from getting too out of hand.
"We're going to try to tighten it up tomorrow and see if we can improve on what we did today."
Eastern Michigan holds first place as a team logging 285 and 276 in rounds one and two, respectively, for a total of 561. Kent State falls three strokes behind the Eagles for second place after a 288 over the first 18 and 276 in the second.
The Eagles' Rory McDonald-O'Brien moved up two spots to first place in the second round, after a 65 (-7) performance, and is 10-under par (134) heading into the final round. The Golden Flashes' Jordan Gilkison holds second at six under par, while Northern Illinois' Craig Long is tied for third with the Falcon's Evan Johnson for third at four under par.
The Chippewas will tee off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the third round of the MAC Championship, the team's final round of the season.
"The main objective is of course to improve upon both rounds and allow us to be in a better mindset going into the fall and get ready to be much better."
The Chippewa team slid one spot to ninth from their round one finish Sunday. As a team, CMU logged 305, two strokes higher than their first 18, totaling 608 through 36. Ohio holds a ten-stroke lead over CMU heading into the final round Tuesday.
Keith Hunter stays atop the Chippewa card after a 76-stroke (+4) performance Monday, highlighted by an eagle on his second hole of the day, a 546-yard par five. His round one score of 74 (+2) moves him to 150 in the tournament for 33rd place.
Easton Phillips will enter day three tied for 34th at 151 one stroke behind Hunter. Phillips logged 75 (+3) on the second round highlighted by four birdies, three of which came from his final five holes.
Jeffrey Sager tied Phillips for the Chippewas low score on the day at 75 (+3). After shooting 77 (+5) in the first 18, Sager enters round three a stroke behind Phillips at 152 and holds 38th in the field.
Jeffrey Andrus and Nicholas Kilgore rounded out CMU's card. Andrus tallied 79 (+7) on the day for 155 strokes through 36 holes and a tie for 41st, while Kilgore's 80 (+8) moves him to 165 and remains in 44th.
"Jeffrey (Andrus) had a mishap on one hole, he played pretty well, just one bad hole. He fought through that and that was very early in his round," Head Coach Kevin Jennings said of Andrus' performance, "He fought through that and was rather resolute and resilient and allowed himself to keep it from getting too out of hand.
"We're going to try to tighten it up tomorrow and see if we can improve on what we did today."
Eastern Michigan holds first place as a team logging 285 and 276 in rounds one and two, respectively, for a total of 561. Kent State falls three strokes behind the Eagles for second place after a 288 over the first 18 and 276 in the second.
The Eagles' Rory McDonald-O'Brien moved up two spots to first place in the second round, after a 65 (-7) performance, and is 10-under par (134) heading into the final round. The Golden Flashes' Jordan Gilkison holds second at six under par, while Northern Illinois' Craig Long is tied for third with the Falcon's Evan Johnson for third at four under par.
The Chippewas will tee off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the third round of the MAC Championship, the team's final round of the season.
"The main objective is of course to improve upon both rounds and allow us to be in a better mindset going into the fall and get ready to be much better."
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