Sam Anderson cards top-five finish in Indiana

Saturday, April 10

Kampen Course, West Lafayette, Ind.

ALL DAY

Wisconsin Badgers

Boilermaker Invitational

Photo by: Greg Anderson

Sam Anderson cards top-five finish in Indiana

April 10, 2021 | Men's Golf

Badgers finish in eighth at Boilermaker Intercollegiate

By: Tia Martin

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wisconsin shot an 881 (+17) to finish the Boilermaker Intercollegiate in eighth place.

Sam Anderson led the team, finishing at three-under-par for a 213. He finished tied for fourth, marking his third top-five finish in his time at Wisconsin.

"Looking at this weekend, I just tried to play my game. I knew I couldn't let last week get to me," said Anderson. "I knew if I drove the ball better and hit some close irons and wedges, I could give myself a ton of birdie opportunities."

Joining Anderson among the top 25 was fellow senior Griffin Barela, who finished T-23 after shooting a three-over-par 219. This is his 14th top-25 finish.

The teams played two rounds on Saturday and Wisconsin went 293-289 to head into Sunday at six-over-par. The Badgers were one of a handful of teams to finish both rounds before play was suspended due to darkness.

The rest of the teams finished Sunday morning before the final round began. Wisconsin shot an 11-over 299 to close out the tournament.

"This was one of those weeks where it definitely could've been better, but there was a lot of great stuff," said head coach Michael Burcin. "Brutally difficult conditions and we hung in every round. I really like this group."

Robbie Morway and Ryan Smith both competed in the individual event at the Ackerman-Allen course.

In his collegiate debut, Smith finished T-21 and five-over-par. He set a career-low 18-hole score of 71 at one-under-par and a 36-hole score of 145. To round out his first tournament, he shot a 54-hole low of 221.

Morway carded a T-15 finish, shooting just three-over-par. He also shot a career-low 18-hole score of 70 at two-under-par, a 36-hole score of 147 and a 54-hole score of 219. His improved his previous best 36-hole score by seven strokes.

Wisconsin has one last tournament before the team heads to the Big Ten Championship. The Badgers are set to compete in the Hawkeye Invitational on April 17-18.

Team Event

Pos.	Player	To Par	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Total
T4	Sam Anderson	-3	71	70	72	213
T23	Griffin Barela	+3	73	71	75	219
T46	Nick Robinson	+8	73	74	77	224
T66	Coalter Smith	+12	78	74	75	228
T66	Cameron Huss	+12	76	74	78	228

Individual Event

Pos.	Player	To Par	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Total
T15	Robbie Morway	+3	70	77	72	219
T21	Ryan Smith	+5	71	74	76	221

Pos.	Team	To Par	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Total
1	Kent State	-12	295	278	279	852
2	Illinois	-10	289	282	283	854
T3	Minnesota	-5	281	292	286	859
T3	Purdue	-5	282	288	289	859
5	Indiana	-4	280	286	294	860
6	Illinois State	+8	285	298	289	872
7	Michigan State	+15	287	293	299	879
8	Wisconsin	+17	293	289	299	881
9	Northwestern	+18	296	295	291	882
10	Ohio State	+20	288	298	298	884
11	Eastern Michigan	+22	294	294	298	886
12	Southern Illinois	+26	297	298	295	890
13	Toledo	+28	300	300	292	892
14	Cincinnati	+29	297	286	310	893
15	Miami (OH)	+38	308	298	296	902
16	Ball State	+39	309	293	301	903