Freshman Harris Emerges Among Tournament Leaders in South Carolina
September 07, 2025 | Men's Golf
PAWLEY'S ISLAND, S.C. -- Ball State freshman Samuel Harris fired five birdies over his fourth college round of golf on Sunday, to lead the Cardinals in the Golfweek Fall Challenge and emerge among tournament leaders. Harris' 4-under-par 68 is two strokes ahead of Cameron Young and three strokes better than Luke Johnston, his Cardinals teammates who all finished the opening round under par. The tournament is conducted at True Blue Golf Club.
Harris, from Charlestown, Indiana and playing out of the team's No. 4 lineup position, sits in a fourth-place tie, two shots behind Western Carolina's Tyler Jones (66). He birdied his first hole on Sunday morning and was 2-under par after his first nine holes, despite a bogey on the ninth. He collected two more birdies on the back nine to sit among the leaders.
Young and Johnston both overcame a pair of bogeys -- Young with four birdies and Johnston three, as the three newcomers finished atop the Cardinals' scoreboard. Senior Carter Smith was fourth on Ball State's scoring ladder, and Happy Gilmore fifth, as Ball State sits in eighth place out of 13 teams, when first-round play concluded.
Play resumes with second-round tees scheduled for 7:30 a.m., Monday.
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Harris, from Charlestown, Indiana and playing out of the team's No. 4 lineup position, sits in a fourth-place tie, two shots behind Western Carolina's Tyler Jones (66). He birdied his first hole on Sunday morning and was 2-under par after his first nine holes, despite a bogey on the ninth. He collected two more birdies on the back nine to sit among the leaders.
Young and Johnston both overcame a pair of bogeys -- Young with four birdies and Johnston three, as the three newcomers finished atop the Cardinals' scoreboard. Senior Carter Smith was fourth on Ball State's scoring ladder, and Happy Gilmore fifth, as Ball State sits in eighth place out of 13 teams, when first-round play concluded.
Play resumes with second-round tees scheduled for 7:30 a.m., Monday.
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