Justin Hicks Ties Freshman Scoring Record in First Collegiate Event

Tuesday, September 10

Huntington, W.Va.

All Day

Purdue Fort Wayne

Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational

Justin Hicks, Landon Smith

Photo by: Josh Gales

Justin Hicks Ties Freshman Scoring Record in First Collegiate Event

9/10/2024 3:24:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Justin Hicks of the Purdue Fort Wayne men's golf team tied the Mastodon freshman 54-hole scoring record on Tuesday (Sept. 10) after turning in a 72-72-67-211 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational.

Hicks, a Fort Wayne native, shot a final round of 67 to vault up the leaderboard at Marshall's event. He is just the third freshman in Mastodon history to shoot a 67 or better (Eric Brinker, 2017 and Nick Holder, 2023). His 67 also ties the fourth-best third round by any Mastodon. Hicks' third round of the week featured five birdies and just one bogey. He birdied holes one, eight, 11, 14 and 18. He was bogey-free on the back nine for a 3-under 32.

Holder had an even round of 71 for his last of the week, which moved him up even more, a slight 22 spots, to a 39th-place finish. He finished with a 77-71-71-219, which put him in a tie with teammate Brock Reschly. Holder had a stretch of seven pars in a row on the front nine and a bogey-free back nine that included three pars. He birdied 11, 14 and 18. Reschly shot 72-74-73-219. The sophomore had six birdies in round three, coming on holes one, five, 11, 14, 17 and 18.

Freshman Julian Dugan tied with Holder and Reschly for 39th as well, as he turned in a two-day total of 72-75-72-219. Dugan was steady on the front nine, carding six pars and two birdies for a 1-under 35. He added seven pars on the back nine.

AJ Agnew shot 74-73-76-223 to tie for 67th. Agnew had a pair of birdies on four and eight and got seven pars to drop on the back nine.

One shot behind Agnew, Cody Coleman's final round of his 78-74-72-224 was highlighted by an eagle on hole eight. He was one of four players in the 86-player field to eagle hole eight. He also had birdies on holes three, 10 and 18 to pave the way for his 1-over effort.

As a team, the Mastodons shot 290-290-283-863 for ninth place in the 13-team field. The Mastodons finished 17 shots ahead of Horizon League foe Youngstown State. Marshall won its own even with a three-round total of 824.

Purdue Fort Wayne will take the course again this weekend (Sept. 14-15) at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational, where they will see seven of the other nine Horizon League teams.

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