Carmel’s Jake Brown one was of three players to post 68 today at The Legends GC during the qualifying round of the IGA Match Play
Championship. Brown’s 4-under-par finish gave him the number two seed
heading to the match play portion of competition.
“I hit 17 greens today and played really solid,” said Brown,
an incoming freshman at Indiana University.
“I feel good about the position I am in, but seeding isn’t that
important. Anyone who makes the top 32
is capable of playing really well.”
Brown will battle the 31st seed, Austin Winings
of Brownsburg, Ind., during tomorrow’s first round of match play.
Fishers’ Tyler Davis and Zach Gurtner of Bremen, Ind. also fired
68s to grab the third and fourth seeds heading to match play.
“I just started off really hot today making five birdies in
my first six holes,” Davis said. “I hope
to play as loose as I did today and continue to make birdies.”
Davis will take on Patrick Kundenreich of Yorktown, Ind. and
Gurtner will face Nobleville’s Mike Walls during round one of match play.
Defending Champion Brodie Williams of Lapel, Ind.
automatically claimed the number one seed due to his victory last year. Williams will face Zach Schroeder of Lebanon,
Ind. tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.
“I just want to go out there and make some noise,” Williams said. “I have no goals and no expectations. I just hope to do the little things right and
create momentum. If I do that, things
will fall into place. I’m looking
forward to getting back to playing competitively.”