Solid Second Round Leads to Another Title

Newton, KS -- When the Indian Hill golf team returns to the Sand Creek Station Course for its next two meets -- the District and National Tournament events -- it will do so with confidence.  It's a confidence gained from a 10-shot victory in the Iowa-Kansas Clash where the Warriors built a sizeable lead after the second round and coasted to their third straight team title.

The Warriors defeated Dodge City by ten strokes and the big reason was a second 18 holes in which IHCC shot a 290, 17 strokes better than Dodge City.  The two teams each shot an opening-round 288.

Dodge City had the top two individual scores, but Indian Hills had the next five finishers.  All five Warriors shot between 71 and 73 in the opening round -- a one-under par 71 by Monty Lack, even-par 72s by William White, Jon Paul Blampied and Mitch Tucker and a 73 by Ben Ludlam.

Lack followed with another 71 in round two with Tucker shooting a 72.  White had the low round in the final 18 holes with a three-under par 69.

The district tournament at the same Sand Creek Station course begins this Sunday with play wrapping up the following day. The national tourney, also at Sand Creek Station, will be played May 14-18.


Iowa-Kansas Clash

Team Scores (top 6): Indian Hills 288-290-297=875; Dodge City CC 288-307-290=885; Johnson County CC 301-303-311=915; Iowa Western CC 305-297-315=917; Hutchinson CC 305-316-303=924; Garden City CC 317-306-336=959

Indian Hills Scores: T3. Monty Lack 71-71-75=217; T3. William White 72-76-69=217; 5. Jon Paul Blampied 72-75-71=218; 6. Mitch Tucker 72-72-75=219; T7. Ben Ludlam 73-73-76=222; T16. Kieran Goodall 79-78-73=230; 34. Kevin Workman 85-74-82=241    

Big Second Day Allows IHCC to Take William Jewell Invite

Liberty, Mo. -- Unfazed by a one-stroke deficit after the first day of play, Indian Hills posted a score that was 11 strokes better than runnerup Bethany College over the second 18 holes to win their second straight tourney on Friday.

The Warriors won the team title at the William Jewell Spring Invite by 10 shots over Bethany and IHCC had all seven of its golfers in the top 17.

Indian Hills' Jon Paul Blampied and Mitch Tucker tied for second place with 148 totals. They were five strokes behind Bethany's James Tisdale, who took medalist honors with a one-under par 143.

Ben Ludlam of IHCC was one shot behind his teammates and tied for 4th place. Monty Lack was 6th and Kevin Workman tied for 8th.

Ludlam's opening-round 71 was the best score of the tourney for Indian Hills and the only under-par round. Both Blampied and Lack shot 73s in the second 18 holes.

Indian Hills will take part in the Iowa-Kansas Clash in Newton, Kansas Apr. 22-23.

Team ScoresIndian Hills 294-298=592; Bethany College 293-309=602; McKendree University 309-312=621; William Jewell College 313-310=623; Kansas City (Kan) CC 324-325=649; Evangel University 329-323=652; Coffeyville, CC 362-344=706

Indian Hills Scores

T2. Jon Paul Blampied 75-73=148; T2. Mitch Tucker 74-74=148; T4. Ben Ludlam 71-78=149; 6. Monty Lack 77-73=150; T8. Kevin Workman 79-74=153; T11. William White 74-80=154; T17. Kieran Goodall 78-80=158

Warriors Run Away From the Field in Illinois

Macomb, Ill. -- The Indian Hills Warriors used an impressive final 18 holes to crush the field in the Beu/Mussatto Invitational hosted by Western Illinois University.

Five IHCC golfers had sub-par totals in the final round as the Warriors blew away the other 13 teams -- all four-year schools -- to post their biggest win so far this spring.

Indian Hills trailed Western Illinois by five shots after the opening round, but took control with a 292 score in the second round, moving six strokes ahead of WIU, their closest competitor.

But the Warriors were just getting warmed up. They shot a 279 in the final round, 12 strokes better than the next-lowest score for the tourney as they wound up winning by a whopping 18 shots.

In an amazing show of strength, IHCC's Kevin Workman, Mitch Tucker, Ben Ludlam, William White and Jon Paul Blampied all came in under-par for the final 18 holes. Workman and Ludlam both fired four-under par 68s, White carded a 69 and Tucker and Blampied each tallied a one-under 71.

Monty Lack, who had his own 68 in the second round, posted a two-over par 74 for the Warriors.

Workman, who was competing as an individual, tied for second place with Indiana's Nicholas Grubnich at three-under par 213. The Hoosiers' Michael McGee was the medalist with a 212.

Tucker tied for 5th, Ludlam was 7th and White tied for 8th for IHCC.

Lack and Blampied both recovered nicely after opening-round 79s. Lack came right back for his 68 in Monday's second round. Blampied shaved four strokes off his score in each of the next two rounds.

Indian Hills will next be in action in the William Jewell Spring Invitational in Liberty, Missouri Apr. 12-13.

BEU/MUSSATTO INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES (top 10)
INDIAN HILLS 302-292-279=873; Western Illinois 297-303-291=891; South Dakota State 308-292-292=892; North Dakota State 303-295-295=893; Nebraska-Omaha 306-295-308=909; Bradley U. 310-303-298=911; North Dakota 305-302-304=911; St. Francis 307-305-300=912; St. Ambrose 325-305-294=924; Valparaiso 314-312-303=924

INDIAN HILLS SCORES
T2. Kevin Workman 74-71-68=213; T5. Mitch Tucker 72-74-71=217; 7. Ben Ludlam 75-76-68
=219; T8. William White 76-75-69=220; T13. Monty Lack 79-68-74=221; T21. Jon Paul Blampied 79-75-71=225; T57. Kieran Goodall 82-76-80=238