Conklin’s Top-Five Paces RV Taylor in Fall Finale

SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. – The RV Taylor men's golf team headed north for 36 holes over Monday and Tuesday at Whistling Straits Golf Club and came home with a third place team finish at the 13-team event.

The Trojans held the lead after Monday's round with a score of 306 but struggled as conditions worsened on Tuesday. With team scores up across the board, TU's 340 over its final 18 dropped the squad two spots on the final leaderboard.

TU finished 15 shots back of RV Indiana Wesleyan for the team title and five strokes back of Wisconsin-Parkside for second. The Trojans did top two Top-25 foes, as No. 24 Bellevue ended five shots behind Taylor and No. 23 Lawrence Tech finished seven shots behind TU.

Tanner Conklin led the way for Taylor by shooting a team-best round of 73 on Monday and concluding the event in fifth place, just two shots back of the top mark with a 36-hole total of 158.

The rest of the Taylor lineup finished between 19th and 31st in the field of 67, with Kyle Kasitz, Will Schuitema, Matthew Albright and Porter Dick taking 19th, 22nd, 29th and 31st respectively.

RV Taylor finished the fall season with a head-to-head mark of 36-8-1, two tournament titles and an average finish of 2.6.