BECKER, Minn. – The third and final day of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) men's golf championships got underway Saturday, with the Yellowjacket men sitting in a tie of first place with North Central.
The 'Jackets shot their lowest collective round of the tournament (311), ending with a team score of 959, but it wasn't enough to earn the top spot on the leaderboard, as the Rams of North Central finished in first.
On the individual leaderboard, senior
Conner Willard (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) edged Keaton Ginter of Bethany Lutheran to claim the individual championship.
Round Three Notes
- Willard fired his third-lowest round of the fall, carding a one-over 73 that saw 12 pars and three birdies to earn medalist honors.
- Matthew Unger (New Richmond, Wis./New Richmond) and August Lang (Somerset, Wis./Somerset) each ended the championship tournament with seven-over 79's. Unger shot a 39/40 split, while Lang finished the front nine with a 37 before shooting a 42 on the back nine.
- Finishing with 80's on their scorecards were Nate Burke (Duluth, Minn./Denfeld) and Andrew Rude (Superior, Wis./Superior). Both athletes rattled off seven pars on the front nine.
- The Yellowjackets shot four strokes better than third-place Northwestern, who ended with a 963. Bethany Lutheran grabbed fourth with a collective 978.
- Rounding out the bottom half of the team leaderboard was Crown (1,009) and Martin Luther (1,013) before Minnesota Morris (1,032) and Northland (1,102) rounded out the league.
- North Central shot the lowest round of the tournament Saturday, shooting a 307 to earn the UMAC title.
The 2024 UMAC Championship wraps up the fall portion of the schedule for UWS. The Yellowjackets will return to action in the spring of 2025.
