Western Wayne Today

Wayne State University's men's golf team secured a first-place finish at Saginaw Valley State's Al Watrous Invitational, marking the beginning of their 2024-25 season. The Warriors' "B" team led the 14-squad leaderboard with a score of 573 (-3), while the "A" group followed closely as the runner-up with a score of 581 (+5).

"What an outstanding finish today," said head coach Mike Horn. "If you scripted a perfect day, today was just that. Congratulations to Max (Leppelmeier) on a runner-up finish and to Mat, Josh, and Luc for finishing in the top five. Everyone played really solid today and we are going to have a very difficult time figuring out who is our actual top five week to week, but that is a great problem to have. I'm super proud of everybody, especially our newcomers and our veterans for coming through today."

Wayne State Individuals (of 75 total):

"B" Team

- T3. Luc Warnock, -1 (143, 72-71)

- T3. Mat Hawryluk, -1 (143, 74-69)

- T11. Shawn Sehra, +2 (146, 73-73)

- T11. Ian Smith, +2 (146, 76-70)

- T14. Adam Burghardt, +3 (147, 71-76)

"A" Team

- 2. Max Leppelmeier, -2 (142, 75-67)

- T3. Josh DiCarlo, -1 (143, 72-71)

- T17. Tyler Hurtubise, +4 (148, 76-72)

- T21. Andrew Daily, +5 (149, 75-74)

- T30. Josh Lahner, +7 (151, 75-76)

Smith showed the most improvement from round one to round two by moving up 19 spots on Sunday. Also ascending double-digit slots were Leppelmeier with an increase of 17 positions; Hurtubise with an increase of 13; and Hawryluk with an increase of ten spots.

Warnock achieved the highest placing of his career as Wayne State's lone newcomer competing in this tournament.

The next event for Wayne State will be the Hillsdale Invitational on September 16th and 17th at The Cardinal at Saint John's in Plymouth.