{"id":562393,"date":"2026-03-25T02:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/562393\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T02:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:28:08","slug":"mens-golf-finishes-seventh-at-bridgestone-collegiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/562393\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Golf Finishes Seventh at Bridgestone Collegiate"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAPA, Calif. (EMUEagles.com) \u2013 The Eastern Michigan University men’s golf team fired a final-round 280 to climb the leaderboard and secure a seventh-place finish at The Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational Monday, March 24. The Eagles were led by Robby Turnbull<\/a>, who tied for 14th in the two-day tournament played at the Silverado CC & Resort – North Course in Napa, Calif.
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\nAs a team, the Eagles finished seventh at 6-over 858 (283-295-280) to post the 21st-lowest 54-hole score in program history. Brigham Young University ran away with the team title as the Cougars shot 54-under 810 while Santa Clara University was the runner-up at 2-under 835. Tohuko Fukushi University of Japan, the defending champion, the University of San Francisco, and the University of North Alabama each tied for third at 20-under 844.
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\nIndividually, Turnbull (Auckland, New Zealand\/Selwyn College) was the top EMU finisher as he tied for 14th at 5-under 211 (71-72-68) to post his second under-par tournament score this season. One of the players he tied with was teammate Tim Chan<\/a> (Hong Kong, China\/New Mexico JC \/ VCU), who competed as an individual. Chan finished at 5-under 11 (73-70-68) to post his second-best score of the season behind only the 209 he carded as the West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 5-7).<\/p>\n

Charlie Box<\/a> (Leicester, England\/Hutchinson CC) also secured a top 25 finish as he tied for 23rd at 3-under 213 (69-73-71). Box excelled on the par-4s, finishing seventh in the tournament field in par-4 scoring at 4-under to finish under par of the seventh time in nine tournaments this year. His opening-round 69 marked his 33rd career round in the 60s and his 11th this year.<\/p>\n

Leo Mihaich<\/a> (Bell Ville, Argentina\/Oklahoma Christian) and Joshua Hess<\/a> (Schattdorf, Switzerland\/Montverde Academy (Fla.)) tied for 41st at 1-over 217. Mihaich (70-76-71) was consistent throughout the event, recording 37 pars to tie for seventh-most in the field while improving on his season-best score by six strokes. Rory McDonald-O’Brien<\/a> (Shrewsbury, England\/South Carolina Aiken) rounded out the lineup in a tie for 81st as his second-round score was disqualified, leaving him with rounds of 73 and 72 in the event.

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\nUp Next

\nEastern remains in California for its next event that tees off in two days when the Eagles take part in The Goodwin, hosted by Stanford University on the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif. The three-day event will be played March 26-28 and will feature 30 teams.

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\nResults

\n2026 Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational

\nSilverado Country Club \u2022 Napa, Calif.

\nMonday-Tuesday, March 23-24, 2026

\nPar 72 \u2022 6,859 yards

\nFINAL Team Standings

\n1. BYU [#27] \u2022 267-281-262=810 (-54)

\n2. Santa Clara [#90] \u2022 278-286-271=835 (-29)

\nt3. Tohoku Fukushi \u2022 271-292-281=844 (-20)

\nt3. San Francisco \u2022 279-284-281=844 (-20)

\nt3. North Alabama [#97] \u2022 287-272-285=844 (-20)

\n6. Cal Poly \u2022 284-288-279=851 (-13)

\n7. Eastern Michigan [#94] \u2022 283-295-280=858 (-6)

\n8. UConn \u2022 287-289-283=859 (-5)

\n9. UC Davis \u2022 284-293-283=860 (-4)

\n10. Howard \u2022 281-292-293=866 (+2)

\n11. North Carolina A&T \u2022 284-300-283=867 (+3)

\n12. Hawai’i \u2022 285-302-288=875 (+11)

\n13. Central Michigan \u2022 293-300-288=881 (+17)

\n14. Florida A&M \u2022 300-294-295=889 (+25)

\n\u00a0Top 100 rankings (March 18 Scoreboard\/Clippd) listed

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\nIndividual Results (Top 10)

\n1. Kihei Akina (BYU) [#47] \u2022 65-67-63=195 (-21)

\n2. Peter Kim (BYU) \u2022 67-72-61=200 (-16)

\n3. Lequan Wang (UCD) \u2022 68-67-66=201 (-15)

\n4. Matt Robles (SC) \u2022 69-67-66=202 (-14)

\nt5. Kaito Sato (TF) \u2022 66-72-71=209 (-7)

\nt5. Xing Luo (NA) \u2022 71-67-71=209 (-7)

\nt5. Tyson Shelley (BYU) \u2022 67-72-70=209 (-7)

\nt5. Jedd Brady (NA) \u2022 69-70-70=209 (-7)

\nt5. Bradley Sawka (CT) \u2022 70-70-69=209 (-7)

\nt5. Tucker Sweeney (SC) \u2022 70-72-67=209 (-7)

\nt5. Nolan Kuszyk (CP) \u2022 70-73-66=209 (-7)

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\nt14. Robby Turnbull<\/a> \u2022 71-72-68=211 (-5)

\nt14. Tim Chan<\/a> \u2022 73-70-68=211 (-5)\u00a0 *

\nt23. Charlie Box<\/a> \u2022 69-73-71=213 (-3)

\nt41. Leo Mihaich<\/a> \u2022 70-76-71=217 (+1)

\nt41. Joshua Hess<\/a> \u2022 73-74-70=217 (+1)

\nt81. Rory McDonald-O’Brien<\/a> \u2022 73-dq-72=145 (n\/a)

\n* competed as an individual

\nTop 200 individual rankings (March 18 Scoreboard\/Clippd) listed

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