Central’s Underwood Sizzles with Women’s Golf Record

Holing a 20-foot putt to cap a birdie-birdie finish, Central College’s Delaney Underwood scorched Dike’s Fox Ridge Golf Course Sunday with a school-record 3-under-par 69 to take medalist honors at the 36-hole Norse-Kohawk Invitational.

Underwood topped her career-best score by five shots and broke the 2008 18-hole school record of 71 carded by all-American Sarah Paulson on the Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls. Underwood finished at 76-69—145 for a 4-shot victory over Grinnell College’s Mary Li, who tied Central’s Thea Lunning but won a tiebreaker. Lunning shot 75-74—149. Underwood played the front nine in even-par 36, before surging to a 3-under-par back nine, capped by her dramatic putt on No. 18, and 15 greens while playing bogey-free golf.

Meanwhile, Lunning opened with a pair of double bogeys, then shot 2-under par over the final 16 holes. Mackenzie Biggs shared fourth at 77-76—153, Peyton Bytnar tied for 10th at 81-76–157 and Madison Clark tied for 19th at 82-78—160.

Central also broke its own 18-hole and 36-hole team records, shooting 309-295—604, but finished second behind Grinnell College’s 308-294—602. Central’s previous 18-hole best was a 304 at the Prairie Links Golf Course in Waverly last fall, while the Dutch established the 36-hole mark of 620 a year ago at the Fox Ridge course.

Next Saturday and Sunday the Dutch are at the Wartburg Fall Invitational at the par-72 Prairie Links Golf Course in Waverly. 

Gabos Helps Lift Central Men’s Golf Team to Seventh

Kyle Gabos turned in his second consecutive even-par round and the Central College men’s golf team inched up to a seventh-place finish at the 19-team Transylvania Fall Invitational Sunday.

Central closed at 304-292-296—892. Greensboro College (N.C.) fired a scorching 281 Sunday and posted a 14-shot victory with 296-286-281—863. Competing at the par-72 University Club of Kentucky, host Transylvania University (Ky.) followed at 285-302-290—877 with Rhodes College (Tenn.) third at 292-293-293—878. Gabos placed 17th individually with 75-72-72—291. Jake Moffett shared 24th at 74-74-74—222 with Harold Dobernecker tied for 26th at 77-71-75—223. Cole McGriff had 78-75-75–228 and Nathan Lendman had 78-86-83–247.

Central heads out of state again next weekend with the Carthage (Wis.) Fall Invitational at the par-71 Randall Oaks Golf Club in Dundee, Illinois Friday and Saturday.