Men's Golf 4/16/2024 8:14:00 PM Chris Brannick

UCO Inches Up Leaderboard At MIAA Championship

Bronchos Are Seventh After Two Rounds In Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Central Oklahoma battled through delays and tough conditions, returning closer to form, and inched back up the team leaderboard Tuesday at the MIAA Men's Golf Championships at Shoal Creek.

UCO is in seventh place in the team standings after shooting a 25-over-par 309 during Tuesday's second round. The Bronchos are at 617 for the tournament. Central Missouri leads the 10-team field with a 594 (288-306).

The final round is scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Jordan Wilson continued to lead Central Oklahoma as the junior from Edmond is ninth in the individual standings after two trips around the course. Wilson shot a team-best even-par 71 on Monday, and was 8-over-par on the front nine Tuesday before settling in for another even stretch.

Wilson sank par putts on Nos. 10 & 11 before a birdie on the Par 4 12th. He sank five more par putts consecutively before a bogey on No. 18 brought him back to even on the back nine and kept him at 8-over for the round.

Wilson is tied for ninth individually with a 150.

Bennett Baldwin posted a 5-over-par 76 on Monday and returned with the same score on Tuesday. The junior from Stillwater played the front nine 3-over par, with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 6 & 7. He added a team-best third birdie of the day on No. 10, and played the back nine 2-over for a another 76. Baldwin stands tied for 14th individually at 152.

Nick Canales shot 7-over 78 on Monday and came back in Round 2 with a 6-over 77. The redshirt freshman is tied for 23rd in the individual standings at 155. Tuesday, he sank five par putts on the front nine and was 5-over-par. He sank four more par putts on the back nine, along with birdies on 12 and 15 (both par 4s), to finish 1-over on the back and 6-over on the day.

Canales birdied the Par 4 12th to get back to even and birdied the Par 4 15th to move to 1-under for the back nine, before a bogey on 16 pulled back to even.

Dylan Henderson, who shot a 12-over-par 83 on Monday, came back Tuesday with much cleaner 6-over 77. The junior from Canada played the front nine 3-over with six par putts. He had four more pars and one birdie – on the Par-4 16th – in playing the back nine 3-over as well to finish with a 77. Henderson sits 35th in the individual standings at 160.

UCO utilized a new substitution rule, swapping in Baylor Bostick to the No. 5 bag for Kyle Hickey, who played Monday's first round. Bostick shot a 10-over-par 81, playing the front nine 8-over before settling in on the back nine. Bostick had three pars on the front nine and seven on the back nine.

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Players Mentioned

Bennett Baldwin: Junior

Dylan Henderson: Junior

Kyle Hickey: Senior

Baylor Bostick: 6' 4"; Freshman

Nick Canales: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman

Jordan Wilson: 5' 8"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Bennett Baldwin
: Junior

Dylan Henderson
: Junior

Kyle Hickey
: Senior

Baylor Bostick
: 6' 4"; Freshman

Nick Canales
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman

Jordan Wilson
: 5' 8"; Junior