{"id":900661,"date":"2026-09-22T00:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900661\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T00:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:04:25","slug":"sawyer-mccommon-lead-cyclones-to-top-10-finish-at-gopher-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900661\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawyer, McCommon Lead Cyclones to Top 10 Finish at Gopher Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

INDEPENDENCE, Minn. \u2013 The Iowa State Men’s Golf team finished 10th at the Gopher Invitational. After a slow start in the first round, the Cyclones followed with a 289 (+5) in round two and a 293 (+9) in the final round to jump three spots into the Top 10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senior Owen Sawyer<\/a> led the final day charge, shooting a 71 (E) to earn his first Top 25 finish\u00a0of the season, tying for 21st with a season-best 217 (+4). He also tied for fourth in the field with a 2.92 average score on Par 3’s. Senior Jackson McCommon<\/a> turned in his second straight solid performance, tying for 30th place with a 220 (+7) 54-hole score behind a final round score of 75 (+4). McCommon tied for first in the field on Par 3’s, separating himself with a 2.83 average.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dianchao Wu<\/a> shot a 74 (+3) in the final round, with Wu tying for 45th with a 223 (+9) 54-hole score. Senior Drew Hensen<\/a> shot a 73 (+2) in the last round, tying for 56th with a 225 (+12) over 54 holes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Freshman Ben Wheeler<\/a> shot a 77 (+6) in the final round, tying for 72nd with a 230 (+17) 54-hole score. Sophomore Jesse Trembath<\/a> (Ind.) tallied six birdies over the weekend, placing 50th in his season debut. He shot a 78 (+7) in the final round to finish the weekend at 214 (+11).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Georgia won the team title with an 843 (-9), beating Oklahoma by five strokes. Oklahoma’s Ryder Cowan took home the tournament’s top honors with a 200 (-13).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iowa State returns to action next weekend, heading to the Cullan Brown Collegiate in Lexington, Ky. The two-day event is scheduled for October 5-6.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iowa State Scorecard\u00a0<\/p>\n

T21 \u2013 Owen Sawyer<\/a> \u2013 71-74-71=217 (+4)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T30 \u2013 Jackson McCommon<\/a> \u2013 73-72-75=220 (+7)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T45 \u2013 Dianchao Wu<\/a> \u2013 79-70-74=223 (+10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T56 \u2013 Drew Hensen<\/a> \u2013 80-72-73=225 (+12)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T71 \u2013 Ben Wheeler<\/a> \u2013 78-75-77=230 (+17)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iowa State Individuals\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

50 \u2013 Jesse Trembath<\/a> \u2013 73-73-78=224 (+11)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Team Leaderboard\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

1. Georgia \u2013 288-282-273=843 (-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

2. Oklahoma \u2013 294-274-281=849 (-3)\u00a0<\/p>\n

3. Rutgers \u2013 289-284-287=860 (+8)\u00a0<\/p>\n

4. Cincinnati \u2013 289-287-286=862 (+10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

5. Little Rock \u2013 291-290-284=865 (+13)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

T6. West Virginia \u2013 289-287-290=866 (+14)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T6. Marquette \u2013 298-282-286=866 (+14)\u00a0<\/p>\n

8. St. Thomas (MN) \u2013 299-288-286=873 (+21)\u00a0<\/p>\n

9. Grand Canyon \u2013 296-294-292=882 (+30)\u00a0<\/p>\n

10. Iowa State \u2013 301-289-293=883 (+31)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T11. Oral Roberts \u2013 301-290-293=884 (+32)\u00a0<\/p>\n

T11. Minnesota \u2013 295-290-299=884 (+32)\u00a0<\/p>\n

13. Nebraska \u2013 303-292-294=889 (+37)\u00a0<\/p>\n

14. Kent State \u2013 305-293-296=894 (+42)\u00a0<\/p>\n

15. Miami (OH) \u2013 304-297-306=907 (+55)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDEPENDENCE, Minn. \u2013 The Iowa State Men’s Golf team finished 10th at the Gopher Invitational. After a slow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-900661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}