{"id":180921,"date":"2025-09-30T21:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180921\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:05:07","slug":"mens-golf-finishes-seventh-at-virtues-intercollegiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180921\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Golf Finishes Seventh at Virtues Intercollegiate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASHPORT, Ohio \u2013 The WKU men&#8217;s golf team wrapped up the Virtues Intercollegiate on Tuesday with a 311 (+23) score for the day, bringing the total score of the tournament to 885 (+21) for a seventh-place finish.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNOTABLES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman <a href=\"https:\/\/wkusports.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/will-easterlin\/6184\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6184\" target=\"_blank\">Will Easterlin<\/a> finished off his second collegiate tournament with a 74 (+2) for the day to bring his tournament total to 217 (+1) for a 16th place finish. Easterlin is one of just six players in the tournament to have carded multiple eagles.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRedshirt freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/wkusports.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ethan-smith\/6183\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6183\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Smith<\/a> carded a 77 (+5) in the third round, bringing his total to 222 (+6) for the tournament for a tie for 29th place.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore Trevor Reed, playing as an individual, also tied for 29th place with a 222 (+6) score for the tournament after posting a 75 (+3) in the third round. Drew&#8217;s 2.87 stroke average on Par 4 holes was the second-best rate in the tournament field.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJuniors <a href=\"https:\/\/wkusports.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/rafe-blankenship\/6178\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6178\" target=\"_blank\">Rafe Blankenship<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wkusports.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/gage-doyle\/6179\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6179\" target=\"_blank\">Gage Doyle<\/a> each shot an 80 (+8) for the final round. Blankenship finished with an overall score 223 (+7) for a 34th place finish. Doyle finished with a 225 (+9) score for the tournament, tying for 40th place.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/wkusports.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/reed-richey\/6181\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6181\" target=\"_blank\">Reed Richey<\/a> shot an 81 (+9) for the round, bringing his total score to 231 (+15) for the tournament for a 61st place finish.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Hilltoppers logged the fourth most birdies of any team in the tournament with 48.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>\nThe Hilltoppers will be back in action at the Cullan Brown Invitational hosted by Kentucky on Oct. 6th and 7th.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHow to Follow the Hilltoppers:\u00a0For complete information on WKU Men&#8217;s Golf, visit WKUSports.com or follow the program via social media @WKUMensGolf on X or @WKUMensGolf on Instagram.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHPORT, Ohio \u2013 The WKU men&#8217;s golf team wrapped up the Virtues Intercollegiate on Tuesday with a 311&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-180921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}