KU’s Ben Welle wins La. Classics

By J-W Staff Reports     Mar 2, 2016

? Kansas senior Ben Welle outlasted Thomas Detry of Illinois to win the Louisiana Classics Invitational individual title by a single stroke. Welle’s victory marks the second title of his KU career. He has four top-five finishes in the seven events in which he has competed in 2015-16.

In team competition, Kansas finished second to Illinois by one stroke.

The four birdies Welle recorded in the final round, including a bogey-free front-nine, helped the Moorhead, Minn., native to the win. Welle’s total of 209 was good enough to come back to Lawrence with some hardware.

“I definitely knew I was in the mix coming down the stretch and really found a way to finish today,” Welle said. “Most of all it’s good to see I am becoming more and more comfortable winning golf tournaments.”

Their second-place finish was the Jayhawks’ seventh top-five in eight events.

Four individual Jayhawks finished in the top-15. In addition to Welle’s winning score of 209, Charlie Hillier finished in a tie for fifth at 213, Connor Peck and Chase Hanna tied for 11th at even-par 216, Daniel Hudson tied for 28th at 221 and Brock Drogosch tied for 39th at 223.

Louisiana Classics

Tuesday in Lafayette, La.

Oakbourne Country Club

Par-72, 6,898 yards

Team Scores

  1. Illinois 849

  2. Kansas 850

  3. Texas A&M 853

  4. Southeastern Louisiana 875

  5. UTSA 877

  6. Kent State 878

  7. UT Arlington 881

  8. Louisiana 886

  9. Middle Tennessee State 888

  10. Texas State 895

  11. Southern Mississippi 911

  12. Illinois State 915

Leaders

  1. Ben Welle, Kansas 209

  2. Thomas Detry, Illinois 210

  3. Charlie Danielson, Illinois 211

  4. Cameron Champ, A&M 212

T5. Charlie Hillier, Kansas 213

T5. James Anstiss, So. La 213

Kansas Scores

  1. Ben Welle 209

T5. Charlie Hillier 213

T11. Connor Peck 216

T11. Chase Hanna 216

T28. Daniel Hudson 221

T39. Brock Drogosch 223

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