Career Effort from Kim, Three in Top-15 Help Michigan Close Fall Season in Eighth in Little Rock

Career Effort from Kim, Three in Top-15 Help Michigan Close Fall Season in Eighth in Little Rock

» With a final team total of 305, Michigan posted an 884 54-hole total to close its fall season in eighth place at the Little Rock Invitational played at the Chenal Country Club.

» Playing as an individual, Jude Kim used a career-low-tying 67 (-5) to post his first sub-par 54-hole total (213, -3) and his first career top-five finish (4th).

» Hunter Thomson posted his third top-10 finish of the fall, tying for sixth with his 215 (72-70-73, -1) total. Will Anderson etched his fourth straight top-20 individual finish, tying for 14th with a 217 (70-73-74, +1).

» U-M has finished its four-event fall season and will return to action in 2023.

Site: Little Rock, Ark.

Tournament: Little Rock Invitational

Course: Chenal Country Club, Founders Course (Par 72, 7,115 yards)

U-M Team Standing: 8th Place of 16 Teams (289-290-305/884)

Top U-M Individual: Jude Kim, 4th (75-71-67/213, -3); played as individual

Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat. (Feb. 3-4), at Big Ten Match Play (Palm Coast, Fla.)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — With a career event from individual junior Jude Kim and top-15 finishes from sophomore Hunter Thomson and junior Will Anderson, the University of Michigan men’s golf team used an 884 54-hole total to finish eighth today (Tuesday, Oct. 18) in the fall finale — the Little Rock Invitational at the Chenal Country Club.

“Similar to the rest of the fall, a couple small stretches derailed us,” said U-M head coach Zach Barlow. “We have worked a lot on self image. You have to believe in order for it to happen and sometimes our belief just isn’t there consistently. When things are good, we are good, but when things get tough we are going to have to get better or we will keep having mediocre finishes. We have a big winter ahead and a lot of positives to build on both on the course and with our new indoor green going in at the facility. I can’t wait to see how we open up in the spring.”

Heading to Little Rock for the final event of the fall, the Wolverines opened with a 289 (+1) team total, paced by a 70 (-2) from Anderson and an even-par 72 from Thomson. Battling the clock and darkness for the second round, Thomson etched a 70 (-2),…