Connor Coombs Makes Hole-In-One in SIUE Event At Gateway National

Murray State senior Connor Coombs had the thrill of making a hole-in-one and thus, sits in third place after 36 holes of the Derek Dolenc Invitational hosted by SIUE at Gateway National Golf Club. The final 18 holes come Tuesday morning in Madison, Illinois.

Coombs carded scores of 71-69=140 to get a spot in third place. Other MSU scores and places included Walker Bech in 37^th place on scores of 72-78=150 and Quinn Eaton in 41^st place on scores of 77-74=151. Kamaren Cunningham carded scores of 73-81=154 and was in 60^th place, while Carson Holes was in 68^th place after rounds of 77-79=156.

Coombs made a hole-in-one in the second round on his sixth hole at the No. 12 par-3. The senior from Central City, Ky., used a pitching wedge from 130 yards for an ace. His history-making shot is Murray State's first hole-in-one since 2017 when Austin Knight made an ace at the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in Muscle Shoals, Ala. In 2016, MSU's Gabe Wheeler made a hole-in-one in Goodyear, Arizona and MSU Hall of Famer, Nick Newcomb, made an ace in Paducah, Ky. in 2008 on his way to winning the OVC individual championship.

MSU's Trey Lewis and Tyler Powell are playing the SIUE event in a group of 20 solo players. Lewis was the leader of the individual players after scores of 70-71=141 and had an overall spot in sixth place. Powell was in 48^th position on scores of 76-76=152.

The Racers carded a morning round of 293, but fell four spots on the leader board after an afternoon 300. MSU's 593 puts them in eighth place, tied with Green Bay and six shots from seventh place Missouri State at 587. Leader UT Martin (566) was joined in the top-5 by Weber State (573), Austin Peay (580) and SIUE and South Dakota (584).

UT Martin's Garrett Chumley (137) is the medalist leader.

Gateway National Golf Links is playing to a par-71 and a length of 7,016 yards.

SIUE Derek Dolenc Invitational
Gateway Golf Links - Madison, Ill.
Rd2 Scores
Sep. 27, 2021
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Team
UT Martin 281 285 566 -2
Weber State 286 287 573 +5
Austin Peay 293 287 580 +12
SIUE 293 291 584 +16
South Dakota 287 297 584 +16
New Orleans 296 290 586 +18
Missouri State 297 290 587 +19
Murray State 293 300 593 +25
Green Bay 293 300 593 +25
Bradley 297 299 596 +28
Detroit Mercy 298 299 597 +29
Chicago State 303 297 600 +32
Omaha 305 298 603 +35
Eastern Illinois 301 315 616 +48

T8 Murray State +25 293 300 593
T3 Connor Coombs (1) -2 71 69 140
T37 Walker Beck (3) +8 72 78 150
T41 Quinn Eaton (4) +9 77 74 151
T60 Kamaren Cunningham (2) +12 73 81 154
T68 Carson Holmes (5) +14 77 79 156
6 Trey Lewis (I) 70 71 141
T48 Tyler Powell (I) 76 76 152

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Connor Coombs Makes Hole-In-One in SIUE Event At Gateway National

Players Mentioned

Walker Beck

Connor Coombs

Kamaren Cunningham

Quinn Eaton

Carson Holmes

Austin Knight

Trey Lewis

Tyler Powell

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