Luke Wells Leads Men’s Golf to 7th-Place Finish at Chicago Highlands

Westchester, IL. – The Rutgers men’s golf team wrapped up another top-10 finish in back-to-back tournaments as the team placed seventh at the Chicago Highlands Invitational hosted by Wake Forest.  
 
In a tournament that hosted three schools in the Bushnell/Golfweek Division, I Coaches Poll, the Scarlet Knights shot an impressive four-under. The team would earn a final score of 860 (294-284-282).  

After dealing with rainy conditions on the first day of the tournament RU would back back tremendously in round 3.  On Tuesday afternoon, the team produced a team score of 282 on the final day of play which was the third-best score of the day.  

 

Luke Wells, earned his best finish of the season as he finished tied for fifth-place after shooting five-under-par with an impressive score of 67 in his final round of play. After posting a plus-one after his first round, the graduate student bounced back with ten birdies on the final two rounds.  The Ohio native would go on to turn in his scorecard with a total score of 207 (73-67-67) after the two days of play including a bogey-free final round.

 

Wells’, best shot of the day came in round 3 on a par five from 615 yards out, he earned an eagle.  

Xavier Marvoux produced his first top-30 finish off the season tied for 30^th place with a score of 217 (73-75-69). Marcoux helped RU climb the score sheet after shooting five birdies on the final round to earn him a three-under-par on Tuesday afternoon.

In his second start of the season, Martín León, placed himself in a tie for 36^th place with a final score of 218 (73-72-73). The junior had two birdies on the back nine to bring him to one-over par after round 3.  

 

Senior, Rhett Sellers, completed the tournament tied for 41st place with a score of 219 (75-70-74). The senior carded an eagle on his last hole of the day.

 

Weston Jones shot a 231 (78-80-73) during the two-day event. His four birdies throughout the tournament placed him in 75th place.     

 

RU would finish with 43 team birdies and two team eagles. Led by Wells, the RU grad student had 14 birdies only four behind the tournament leader Bryan Lee from Virginia.   

 

Wake Forest and Missouri were crowned co-champions of the tournament with a final score of thirty-one-under par.  

 

Wake Forest’s Michael Brennan received the…