(LEBANON, Ill., March 9)—The McKendree University men's golf team began its 2019 spring season with a third place finish at the Saddlebrook Spring Kickoff. The tournament wrapped up Friday at Saddlebrook Golf Resort in Wesley Chapel, Fla.
 
McKendree consistently bettered its team score over each of the three rounds played by the six teams entered in the tournament hosted by Ferris State University. The Bearcats opened with a round of 322 before firing a 314 in round two. McKendree saved its best for last on Friday, carding a team round of 299 to finish the 54-hole tournament with a score of 935. Grand Valley State University was the team champion at 877, followed by host Ferris State at 913.
 
Sophomore Will Postlethwaite (Carlisle, England/William Howard School) (pictured) and junior Ian Simon (Baltimore, MD/The Park School of Baltimore) each finished in a tie for 11^th place on the final individual leaderboard. Postlethwaite and Simon each carded identical scores of 227. Postlethwaite registered back-to-back rounds of 75 to begin his effort at the event, while Simon posted a three-over par round of 73 in the second round.
 
McKendree will return to action March 25-26 at the Lindenwood Invitational to be played at The Missouri Bluffs in St. Charles, Mo.