Final Results

The Bulldogs posted a second-place finish at the Don Benbow Spring Invitational, which Butler hosted on its home course – Highland Golf and Country Club in Indianapolis – Monday and Tuesday.
 
Butler posted a 54-hole total of 844 (+4), including a four-over 284 in Tuesday's final round. Ball State captured the team title with a score of 818 (-22) as the Cardinals had the top four finishers on the individual leaderboard. The Bulldogs carded rounds of 286 and a six-under 274 in dreary conditions Monday.
 
The field included 11 teams and 88 players.
 
Connor McNeely and Raymond Sullivan led the Bulldogs at one-under 209 over the 54 holes. That placed them among a group that tied for sixth individually. Sullivan had the best Tuesday round for Butler, carding a 68 on the par-70, 6,551-yard course.
 
McNeely's tournament was highlighted by a second-round 65 Monday that included six birdies.
 
Ball State's Carter Smith captured medalist honors at 199 (-11) with rounds of 66, 65 and 68. He was three shots better than teammate Evan Bone (202); Bone was playing as an individual.

The tournament is named in honor of the late Don Benbow, who was inducted into the Butler Athletics Hall of Fame for his contributions as a standout football student-athlete, golf and football coach, and his time at Butler as an athletics administrator.
 
The Bulldogs return to action April 8-9 at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational hosted by Indiana University in Bloomington.
 
Individual Leaderboard:

1. Carter Smith, Ball State – 66-65-68—199 (-11)
2. Evan Bone, Ball State – 67-68-67—202 (-8)
3. Ali Khan, Ball State – 68-67-69—204 (-6)
4. Kash Bellar, Ball State – 70-69-67—206 (-4)
5. Todd Duncan, West Virginia – 69-68-70—207 (-3)

 
Team Leaderboard:

1. Ball State – 276-266-276—818 (-22)
2. Butler – 286-274-284—844 (+4)
3. Indian Hills CC – 283-278-287—848 (+8)

 
The Bulldogs:

T6. Connor McNeely, 209 (-1)
T6. Raymond Sullivan, 209 (-1)
T18. Will Horne, 213 (+3)
T23. Kenny Leseur, 214 (+4) – playing as an individual
T28. Daniel Tanaka, 215 (+5)
T28. Henry Quinn, 215 (+5) – playing as an individual
T36. Derek Tabor, 217 (+7) – playing as an individual
T42. Damon Dickey, 218 (+8)
T42. Jack Wilcox, 218 (+8) – playing as an individual
T47. Leo Zurovac, 219 (+9) – playing as an individual