Dukes Open 2022-23 With Strong Performance at VCU Shootout

Monday, September 12

Country Club of Virginia | Richmond, Va.

James Madison University

VCU Intercollegiate

Dukes Open 2022-23 With Strong Performance at VCU Shootout

9/13/2022 4:12:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results

RICHMOND, Va. - The James Madison men's golf team opened up its 2022-23 campaign in strong fashion this week, taking home ninth place on Tuesday afternoon at the VCU Shootout, hosted on the par-72, 6,927-yard Tuckahoe Creek Course at the Country Club of Virginia.

As a team, the Dukes carded rounds of 284-276-283, holding onto a tie for ninth on the 14-team leaderboard with a late flurry of birdies on Tuesday. JMU's second round of 276 (-12) also matched the fifth-lowest round in program history.

Three players - sophomore Daniel Cheng, senior Nick Schlickenrieder and freshman Owen Kose in his collegiate debut - led the way for JMU, posting identical 54-hole scores of 209 (-7) to finish tied for 19th among 75 entrants.

Cheng, who shot 69-67-73 on the week, notched new career bests for 54 holes and a single round, bouncing back from an opening bogey to rack up six birdies in his second-round 67 (-5), while Schlickenrieder (69-68-72) added his own career-low 54-hole total along the way.

Kose provided his own highlight, following Monday rounds of 73-70 with a final-round, bogey-free 66 (-6) that saw him play his final nine holes in five-under as he vaulted up the leaderboard. The performance was tied for the seventh-lowest round in program history and matched the JMU record for the lowest round to par every shot by a freshman.

Freshmen Václav Tichý (73-71-73) and Garrett Kuhla (75-73-72) closed out the JMU scoring in their first collegiate tournaments, finishing tied for 49th and 61st, respectively.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will be back in action on Sept. 26-27, traveling to the Country Club of Sapphire Valley to take part in the JT Poston Invitational, hosted by Western Carolina.