{"id":230259,"date":"2025-10-21T21:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/230259\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:21:09","slug":"johnston-mens-golf-take-fourth-at-dayton-flyer-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/230259\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnston, Men’s Golf Take Fourth at Dayton Flyer Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

KETTERING, Ohio – – The Ball State men’s golf team closed the fall portion of its 2025-26 slate with a strong showing at the Dayton Flyer Invitational, leading all Mid-American Conference teams in the event and placing fourth overall at +21 (873).
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\nIn fact, the Cardinals turned in the lowest combined score over the final 36 holes of all 12 teams in the event, boasting a +8 (576). The next lowest team over the final 16 was tournament co-winner Butler at +11 (579), giving them a 54-hole total of +15 (867).
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\n“While we combined to produce the best final 36-hole team score in the field, we just gave away too many shots to either poor decision making or execution throughout the tournament,” head coach\u00a0Mike Fleck<\/a>\u00a0said. “Luke had another really solid tournament, and it was good to see Avery play really well and tie for low round on a challenging day today where scoring was higher.”\u00a0
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\nIllinois State tied the Bulldogs for the tournament title, while host Dayton finished third, one stoke ahead of the Cardinals at +20 (872).
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\nIn Tuesday’s final round, it was junior\u00a0Avery Mahoney<\/a>\u00a0who led the way for Ball State, turning in the team’s second-lowest round on\u00a0the 71-par, 7,004-yard course at the NCR Country Club South Course\u00a0at -2 (69). The effort, which included three birdies, helped Mahoney make the biggest charge up the leaderboard on the final day as he climbed 27 spots into a tie for 18th at +6 (219).
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\nOverall, freshman\u00a0Luke Johnston<\/a>\u00a0was Ball State’s top finisher in the Dayton Flyer Invitational, tying for fourth overall at -3 (210). It was his third top five finish through five collegiate events and was highlighted by Monday’s second-round effort of -4 (67) which was the fourth-lowest overall round of the tournament.
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\nJohnston was steady throughout the tournament, tallying one eagle, nine birdies and 34 total pars. He tied for second among the 82-player field with a par-5 average of 4.44 (-5), while tying for fifth in par-4 average at 4.03 (+1).
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\nFreshman\u00a0Cameron Young<\/a>\u00a0closed the tournament with his best round, shotting +1 (72). The effort helped him climb 10 spots up the final leaderboard into a tie for 20th at +7 (220). Young’s effort included eight total birdies and 33 total pars.
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\nRounding out the Ball State lineup were freshman\u00a0Samuel Harris<\/a>\u00a0and senior\u00a0Carter Smith<\/a>\u00a0in a tie for 51st at +15 (228). Harris shot even in his second round Monday, while Smith led all players with two eagles in the event, with today’s coming on the par-5, 558-yard sixth.
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\nIn individual action, freshman\u00a0Brody Sorrell<\/a>\u00a0led Ball State’s quartet and tied for 38th overall at +12 (225). Sorrell tied for the team lead with nine total birdies. Sophomore\u00a0Gavin Hare<\/a>\u00a0ended the tournament with an even-par 71, surging 13 spots up the leaderboard into 62nd at +17 (231).
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\nRounding out Ball State individuals were freshman\u00a0Aidan Gutierrez<\/a>\u00a0and sophomore\u00a0Happy Gilmore<\/a>. Gutierrez’s best round came in Monday’s first round at +4 (75), while Gilmore led the tournament field in par-5 average at 4.33 (-6).
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\nOverall, the Cardinals finished second among the tournament field in par-5 average at 4.76 (-11) and were tied for fourth in par-4 average at +15 (3.25). Ball State’s players also tied for the tournament lead with three total eagles, ranked fourth in pars (163) and sixth in birdies (36).
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\n“We had a productive and experience gaining fall, now we need to really go to work this offseason to be ready to play our best golf in the spring,” Fleck added.
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\nThe Ball State men’s golf team will now turn its attention to training for its spring slate which begins Feb. 9-10 at the Lake Jovita Invitational which will be held at on the Lake Jovita South Course in Dade City, Florida.
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\nBall State Team Results at Dayton Flyer Invitational
\nT4th –\u00a0Luke Johnston<\/a>: -3 (71-67-72=210)
\nT18th –\u00a0Avery Mahoney<\/a>: +6 (76-74-69=219)
\nT20th –\u00a0Cameron Young<\/a>: +7 (75-73-72=220)
\nT51st –\u00a0Samuel Harris<\/a>: +15 (75-71-82=228)
\nT51st –\u00a0Carter Smith<\/a>: +15 (76-74-78=228)
\n4th – Ball State: +21\u00a0(297-285-291=873)<\/p>\n

Ball State Individual Results at Dayton Flyer Invitational

\nT38th –\u00a0Brody Sorrell<\/a>: +12 (75-73-77=225)

\n62nd –\u00a0Gavin Hare<\/a>: +17 (77-82-71=230)

\n65th –\u00a0Aidan Gutierrez<\/a>: +18 (75-80-76=231)

\n71st –\u00a0Happy Gilmore<\/a>: +23 (81-78-77=236)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KETTERING, Ohio – – The Ball State men’s golf team closed the fall portion of its 2025-26 slate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-230259","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\/230259","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=230259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}