CARBONDALE, IL — Southern Illinois’ Dain Richie earned his second MVC Golfer of the Week honor of the season, as the MVC golf season ended late last week as the Salukis competed in the Kapolei Invitational in Hawaii.
Southern Illinois’ Dain Richie continued his strong finish to the fall season with a top-10 leaderboard spot at the inaugural Kapolei Invitational, while Southern climbed two positions on the final day to finish 11th out of the 19 team field in the event that completed last week. Richie’s final finish was seventh with a score of 203 (-13) with all three of his rounds being under par, with his best coming in the first round on Tuesday with a 66 (-6). Richie only had one bogey in his opening round on Tuesday.
Richie’s performance earlier this season at the White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island, Bahamas. SIU never fell lower than tied for fifth in the tournament as a team. According to records on hand, the 839 team score for a 54-hole tournament is the 4th lowest in program history. The last time the Salukis recorded a score of 839 as a team was in 2006 at the Buffalo Rock/Southern Showdown. Richie posts back-to-back second and third-round scores of 68 to finish in the top 10 of the individual leaderboard as he tied for ninth overall with a 206. Richie’s second round was highlighted with the first eagle of the weekend for SIU on 602 par 5 on the second hole. His final round was spearheaded with seven birdies.
