Spartans Finish Fifth - Burnside and Inniger Earn All American Honors

Final results of the 2022 NJCAA Div. III National Golf Championship at Chautauqua Golf Club (Par 72) in Chautauqua, NY (June 7-10).

• M State shoots a final round score of 326, finishing 5^th as a team (10 teams) with a 4 day total of 1317.
• The Spartans have finished in the top 5 at the National Championship 10 consecutive years.
• Spartans' Grant Inniger (317 4 day total) and Hunter Burnside (319 4 day total) both earned All-American Honorable Mention honors.
• Both Inniger and Burnside have earned All-American honors in back to back seasons.
• Sandhills CC (Pinehurst, NC) won the team competition with a 4 day total of 1173 including the low team round of the tourney on Friday (292).
• Inniger shot the low round of the day for the Spartans with a 79.
• Andreas Huber (Sandhills CC) posted an even par round of 72 on his way to winning the individual championship with a 4 day total of 289.

Team Results:

1. Sandhills CC - 295 (DAY 1) +  293 (DAY 2) + 293 (DAY 3) + 292 = 1173
2. Georgia Military College - 323 + 314 + 308 + 317 = 1262
3. DuPage CC - 321 + 303 + 318 + 325 = 1267
4. Niagara County CC - 314 + 322 + 308 + 325 = 1269
5. M State - 330 + 320 + 341 + 326 = 1317
6. Butler County CC - 335 + 331 + 344 + 330 = 1340
7. Nassau - 336 + 326 + 339 + 340 = 1341
8. County College of Morris - 336 + 352 + 341 + 346 = 1375
9. Jefferson CC - 345 + 353  + 353 + 345 = 1396
10. Jamestown CC - 352 + 374 + 377 + 374 = 1477

M State Individual FINAL ROUND Scores:

Grant Inniger 79

Hunter Burnside 82

Mikey Vall 82

Joel Quam 83

Sam Western 94 

M State Individual Four Day Totals:

Grant Inniger - 79 + 76 + 83 + 79 = 317 (14^th individually)

Hunter Burnside - 78 + 77 + 82 + 82 = 319 (T-15^th individually)

Joel Quam - 82 + 86 + 86 + 83 = 337

Mikey Vall - 91 + 81 + 90 + 82 = 344

Sam Western - 105 + 91 + 97 + 94 = 387 

Complete results and tournament information can be found here: https://jccjayhawks.com/events/2022RD1COMBOM.pdf

Head Coach Jason Retzlaff Quotes:

"Today's round started off very slowly, but we hung in there and played some very good golf throughout the day to put up a quality team score. A top 5 finish is a great outcome for this team and a goal we had coming into the tournament, especially with the late start we had to playing golf this spring.  We had a blast this week competing and spending time together as a team.  It was a tremendous way to cap off another great season with an outstanding group of young men."

"Big congrats to Grant Inniger and Hunter Burnside.  Both achieved the rare feat of earning All-American honors in back to back seasons.  They are both high character individuals who work very hard at their golf games.  It was great to see them get rewarded today."

Attached photos (taken by Jeff Haukos):

1. Joel Quam hits his 2^nd shot on the 3^rd hole Friday.
2. Mikey Vall hits his 2^nd shot on the 16^th hole Friday.
3. Hunter Burnside (Left) and Grant Inniger (Right) with the All-American flags.
4. Cover Photo (Left to Right - Hunter Burnside, Sam Western, Mikey Vall, Joel Quam, Grant Inniger)