Toledo Wins Badger Golf Invitational
September 08, 2002 | Men's Golf
Toledo blew away its own collegiate course record set last year by 10 strokes firing a 21-under-par 843 to retain its title in the 54-hole Badger Men's Golf Invitational at University Ridge in Verona. Tied with Illinois to begin the day, the Rockets placed four scorers among the top 12 to win the tournament by eight strokes over the Illini. Penn State was third at 10-under 854.
Toledo's Brad Heaven finished one-under the course record of 207 set last year by UW's Jon Turcott. Heaven finished with 74-67-67'208 to win by three strokes over Illinois' Patrick Nagle and UNC-Wilmington Derek Brown.
The host Badgers finished 12th with a 298-293-302'892. UW sophomore Brian Brodell fired his personal bests finishing 14th with a 69-71-75 '215 in the 75-person field.
Team Scores: 1, Toledo 284-282-277'843, 2, Illinois 285-281-285--851; 3, Penn State 286-283-285--854; 4, UNC-Wilmington 289-288-285 '862; 5, Lamar University 297-285-281'863; 6, Colorado State 290-284-295 '860; 7, Indiana 296-288-286'870; 8, Washington State 293-284-295 '872; 9, Coastal Carolina 303-283-289' 875; T10, Iowa 293-293-293 '879 and Xavier 300-288-291'879; 12, Wisconsin 298-292-302'892; 13, Long Beach State 301-291-303'895; 14, Georgia state 297-298-305'900; 15, Western Kentucky 293-303-307'903
Top Individuals: 1, Brad Heaven TOL, 74-67-67'208; T2, Patrick Nagel, ILL, 71-67-72'210 and Derek Brown, UNC-W, 70-71-69'210
Wisconsin Scores: T14, Brian Brodell 69-71-75--215; T41 Joel Rechlicz 75-73-75--222; T67 Wes Hansen 78-77-76'231; T69 Dylan Esterling 83-72-77 '232; T71 Kevin Tassistro 76-76-82--234;
