Freshman
Sean Bledsoe and junior
Brayden Weiss captured the top-two places to lead the Wabash College golf team to the team title at the Forest Hills Invitational hosted by Earlham College over the weekend.
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Wabash entered Sunday's final round in a tie for second place with Indiana University – East after the two squad's shot a 312 on Saturday. Earlham led the tournament after the first day after carding a round of 309. The Little Giants dominated Sunday's final round by shooting a score of 298 and finishing as the only team under 300 for the final day of competition. Wabash finished with a two-day score of 610 to finish five strokes ahead of IU-East in second place with a 36-hole total of 615 strokes. Earlham took third place in the nine-team event with a score of 628.
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Bledsoe and Weiss were consistent all weekend. The freshman turned in a card with four bogies and three birdies on Saturday to finish with a one-over-par 72. Sunday, Bledsoe turned in three birdies and three bogies to finish with an even-par 71 for a two-round score of 143 to claim medalist honors in his first collegiate golf match.
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Weiss turned in five birdies and six bogies in Sunday's final round for a one-over-par 72 after scoring a 75 in Saturday's opening round. Weiss finished four strokes back of Bledsoe with a final score of 147 strokes to finish second overall, five shots ahead of IU-East's Jake Miller and Franklins' Jacob Paine tied for third place with scores of 152.
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Tim Neu finished in a tie for 15th place for Wabash. The senior turned in a two-day score of 159 (83-76) and moved up 13 spots on the leaderboard on the final day of competition. His final round of 76 on Sunday was one stroke off his career-best single-round score.
Mark Poole jumped five spots on Sunday, carding a 79 over the last 18 holes to finish with a two-day total of 161 strokes.
Conner Taylor finished in 32nd place with a final score of 167 (83-84).
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The Little Giants will host the annual Wabash Fall Golf Invitational September 26-27 at the Broadmoor Country Club.
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