Wiseman, Mules grind out win at Notre Dame golf tournament

The Poplar Bluff golf team is pictured Monday, March 29, 2021, at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Mo. after winning the Notre Dame Invitational.

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CAPE GIRARDEAU — Alex Wiseman lost his ball on the second hole Monday but was able to escape with a bogey.

“That really got me some momentum,” said Poplar Bluff junior, who ended up with three lost balls, five birdies and individual medalist honors at the Notre Dame Invitational.

Wiseman shot a 1-over-par 73 at Dalhousie Golf Club on a windy day.

The Mules claimed the team title with a seven-shot win over Jackson as freshman Lawson Barks shot 82 to tie for fourth while junior Paul Innes carded an 84 to tie for 10th. Jack Pierce and Ian Martinez each shot 88 to give Poplar Bluff a 327.

“It was tough,” Mules coach Billy Poland said of the conditions. “They played pretty smart when they got in trouble.”

Following his bogey save, Wiseman had birdies on four of his next five holes. On the par-4, 310-yard sixth, his drive landed on the green and he two-putted for birdie. He sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the next hole, a par-5, and said he had only 12 putts on front 9.

The back 9 was a different story.

“Most of it was damage control,” Wiseman said.

Farmington’s Jonah Burgess finished second at 75 while Jackson’s Carsen Sillman followed at 79. The rest of the field shot 82 or worse and only 20 players broke 90.

Poplar Bluff’s Gatlin Taylor, who played as an individual, shot 91.

Barks played his final four holes 2-under starting with a birdie on the par-5 18th when he chipped to within 2 feet. His second birdie was on another par-5 hole before closing out with a par.

Innes had a tap-in birdie on the par-4 fourth when his wedge shot landed to within 3 feet and got up-and-down for birdie on 18.

Martinez made a 10-foot putt for birdie on No. 6 while Pierce had four birdies, including a 50-foot putt on the par-4 12th, and a pair of chip-ins on 13 and 16, he said.

“Really proud of the way they grinded out there,” Pyland said.

The Mules (327) were followed by Jackson (334), Farmington (337), Nixa (341) and Dexter (352).

NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL

At Dalhousie Golf Club (par 72)
Poplar Bluff 327; Jackson 334; Farmington 337; Nixa 341; Dexter 352; Notre Dame 366; North County 377; Ste. Genevieve 388; Kennett 402; Sikeston 403; Bloomfield 425; Saxony Lutheran 427; Cape Central 451; Doniphan 560.
POPLAR BLUFF (327) — Alex Wiseman 73; Lawson Barks 82; Paul Innes 84; Jack Pierce 88; Ian Martinez 88;
JACKSON (334) — Carsen Silliman 79; Bryce Norman 85; Justin Berger 85; Evan Adams 85; Nate Schlit 91;
DEXTER (352) — Dylan Stize 82; Cy Worley 83; Ryan Collier 87; Kenton Pope 100; Matt Hardin 112;
NOTRE DAME (366) — Chase Logal 86; Beau Traxel 89; Cooper Stewart 90; Jack Floyd 101; Quinn Hunter 103;
SIKESTON (403) — Leighton Tater 96; Ben Schumpf 96; Peyton Spurlock 102; Jay Lape 109; Cullen Pearson 111;
KENNETT (409) — Joe Wilson 84; Will Johnson 103; Ryan Creed 110; Dax Sutton 112; Nate Mode 121;
BLOOMFIELD (425) — Nathan Lockhart 98; Dawson Hill 101; Jeffrey Jarrell 112; Bryant Vaughn 114;

SAXONY LUTHERAN (427) — Abby Reuhling 105; Gavin Boehm 106; Michael Hasz 107; Andrew Buxton 109; Caleb Hasz 137;
CAPE CENTRAL (451) — Max Vogel 104; Ethan McMillan 114; Evan Dombrowski 115; Kent Elder 118; Manny Kinder 121;
DONIPHAN (560) — Kennedy Elliot 137; Katelyn Fowler 139; Ashlynn Fowler 140; Simeon March 144;
NEW MADRID CENTRAL (NTS) — Julian Courtois 115; Gavin Long 121; Austin Eddy 143.