ALTOONA, Wis. – The Frank Wrigglesworth Invitational has been a staple of the Yellowjacket men's golf schedule for years. The 2024 event, once again hosted by UW-Eau Claire, got underway Saturday, and the Yellowjackets had two teams getting in on the action.
The first entry for the Yellowjackets shot a combined score of 309, putting them in sixth place. The team listed as UW-Superior "B" posted a combined score of 334, placing them 18th.
Leading the way for the Yellowjackets Sunday was
Nate Burke (Duluth, Minn./Denfeld). The senior shot a four-over 75, tying him for 11th place. Burke shot 37 on the front and 38 on the back, but finished strong, carding birdies on three of his las four holes. For the second Yellowjacket entry,
Trevor Durfee (Superior, Wis./Superior) was the low scorer, finishing the round with a nine-over par score of 80.
Tournament Notes
- Matthew Unger was one stroke behind Burke, finishing the round with a five-over 76, which placed him in a tie for 16th. Unger shot 38 on both the front and back nines, and had two birdies on the front and the back.
- Conner Willard (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) and Andrew Rude (Superior, Wis./Superior) tied 38th place after shooting eight-over 79s. Both shot 37 on the front and 42 on the back. Each golfer also carded one birdie.
- August Lang (Somerset, Wis./Somerset) finished the round with a score of 81, after shooting 42 on the front and 39 on the back. He birdied the final hole.
- Following Durfee on the second entry for the Yellowjackets was Carson Armstrong (Wautoma, Wis./Wautoma), who birdied his final hole on the way to a nine-over 82.
- Teammates Ian Bundy (Austin, Minn./Austin) and Brayden Tyman (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) shot identical scores of 86. Bundy shot a 42 on the front and 44 on the back, while Tyman shot 44 on the front and 42 on the back. Bundy had eight pars in the round.
- T.J. Sitek (Superior, Wis./Superior) rounded things out for the Yellowjackets, finishing with a score of 89. Sitek was particularly strong on the front, carding a 37, which included a birdie and five pars.
- Nebraska Wesleyan shot the low score of the day, combining for a total of 297, putting them three strokes up on second-place UW-Eau Claire and four up on Bethel, who sits in third place.
- Will Karkoc of Bethel leads the event after day one. Karkoc was the only golfer to shoot a round under par Sunday, coming in with a score of 70. He leads Geran Sander of Nebraska Wesleyan and Corey Boerner of UW-Eau Claire who are tied for second with scores of one-over 72.
The second day of the Frank Wrigglesworth Invitational is schedule for Monday, with tee times beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Eau Claire Golf and Country Club.
