Two Wildcats Finish in Top-10 at General Hackler Championship

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Kentucky men’s golf team finished in a tie for seventh place after the first and only day of play at the General Hackler Championship on the Dunes Golf & Beach Club. The tournament was called after the first two rounds due to inclement weather. The Wildcats played 36 holes at 12-over par and placed two individuals in the top 10.

  

 

Sophomore Fred Allen Meyer, playing as an individual, appears to be back on track and is playing some excellent golf. The sophomore fired back-to-back even-par rounds on Saturday – his best scores since the Kenny Perry Invitational and second best of the season. Meyer’s great start placed him in a tie for ninth – also his second best placement on the leaderboard this season. 

 

Classmate Lukas Euler burnt up the course during his first round on Saturday with a 2-under-par 70, which is also his second-best score of the season. The sophomore from Germany ultimately matched Meyer’s finish after a 2-over-par second round, which gave him his highest finish on the leaderboard this season. 

Junior Cooper Musselman placed just inside the top 30 on the individual leaderboard and tied for 28th after rounds of 74 and 73 for a 3-over-par 147. Tyler “Chip” McDaniel finished one stroke behind Musselman and had a solid even back nine during his second round. 

 

Senior Stephen Stallings started the day with a 4-over-par 76, but cut his second round by three strokes to give him a total of 149. The senior finished in a tie for 45th place at 5-over par. Freshman Matt Liston, playing in his first-career tournament, finished at 8-over-par after two rounds of 76.

 

 

No. 15 Wake Forest won the championship at 15-under par. Kent State, ranked 12th, finished 10 strokes behind the Demon Deacons in second place. Ninth-ranked LSU took third at 3-under par.

 

 

The Hackler Championship is scheduled to play a final 18 holes on Sunday at the par-72, 7,233-yard Dunes Club, annually ranked among the top-10 courses in South Carolina. Fans looking to follow the action can find live results on GolfStat.

UK will be back in action on March 17-19 at the Schenkel Invitational, held at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Georgia. 

  

For the latest on the Kentucky men’s golf team, follow @UKMensGolf on Twitter and on the web at UKathletics.com. 

 

 

*T9 Fred Allen Meyer (72, 72 – 144, E)

T9 Lukas Euler (70, 74 – 144, E)

T28 Cooper Musselman (74, 73 – 147, +3)

T40 Chip McDaniel (74, 74 – 148, +4)

T45 Stephen Stallings (76, 73 – 149, +5)

T60 Matt Liston (76, 76, – 152, +8)