For Immediate Release

Golf -- April 16, 2012

Golf Competes at McNaughton Memorial Invitational

Final Results

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – Playing in a tournament for the second time in four days, the Eureka College golf team earned a 12th-place team finish as the McNaughton Memorial Invitational hosted by Illinois College, Monday at the Jacksonville Country Club in Jacksonville, Ill.  Freshman Ethan McPherson (Fairbury, Ill./Prairie Central H.S.) paced the Red Devils with a 48th-place finish.

McPherson finished the round with a score 86.  He was closely followed by sophomore Pete Moyemont (Dwight, Ill./Dwight H.S.) with an 89 for 53rd place.

Monmouth fired a team score of 300 to win the team title by five shots over runner-up NJCAA Illinois Central.  Quenten Hooker of Illinois Central won the individual crown with a one-over-par 73.

Eureka will now turn its attention to the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship beginning Monday, April 23 at Forest Park Golf Club in St. Louis, Mo.

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For More Information Contact:

Bryan Moore
Sports Information Director
Eureka College
300 E. College Avenue
Eureka, Illinois 61530
309-467-6456
bmoore@eureka.edu