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Hamak def.

Meyer, 1-up

South Dakota’s Logan Hamak and Iowa’s Ian Meyer played a tightly-contested match on Thursday.

Hamak, the No. 4 seed, took a 1-up lead on the first hole, but Meyer, the 20th seed, won the third hole with a birdie to knot up the match.

Hamak then birdied the sixth and seventh holes, but Meyer won the eighth and ninth holes to tie the match.

Hamak took a 1-up lead with a win on hole 11, but Meyer tied the match with a win on the 13th hole. Hamak went on to win 1-up.

Conn def. L.

Johnson, 19 holes

In the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournament, experts always say that there’s at least one 12 vs. 5 matchup that is going to be exciting to watch.

And on the golf side of things, the Men’s Championship division 12 vs. 5 matchup between the No. 12 seed Ryan Conn and Lincoln Johnson was precisely that, exciting.

Johnson birdied the first and sixth hole to earn two hole wins on the front nine, but Conn won holes 2 and 4, and the match was even after the front nine.

Conn took a 2-up lead with birdies on the 10th and 12th holes to go up by two holes.

Johnson won the 14th hole, but Conn won the 16th to extend his back up to 2-up over Johnson with two holes to play.

Johnson, who finished as the Men’s runner-up in 2016, won the 17th hole with an eagle and the 18th hole with a birdie to force a playoff.

Conn won the playoff to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals.

Harris def.

Lehman, 2-1

Harris’ match against Lehman was closely contested throughout, especially on the front nine, as both golfers won two holes.

Harris broke away a bit with wins on holes 10 and 13, and while Lehman won hole 15 to cut Harris’ lead to one hole, Harris won the 17th hole to win 2-up and advance to the quarterfinals.

Bigger def.

Jarrett, 2-up

The No. 20 seed Lukas Bigger has eliminated the runner-up from the 2022 Men’s division, Nick Jarrett.

Both golfers birdied the first hole, but Bigger birdied the second hole to take a 1-up lead.

Jarrett, the No. 4 seed, tied the match with a birdie on hole No. 8. He then took the lead with a birdie on hole No. 10.

Bigger responded by tying the match with a win on hole No. 13, and he took the lead by winning hole No. 15. Bigger went on to win 2-up.

Adams def. Sauer, 4-3

A strong front nine was exactly what the No. 3 seed Nate Adams needed on Thursday to beat the No. 19 seed Jon Sauer on Thursday.

Adams birdied the third, fifth, and sixth holes and won the sev- enth hole to take a 4-up lead.

Sauer battled back by winning holes 10 and 11, but Adams won holes 13 and 15 to seal the 4-3 win.

Adams plays college golf at North Dakota State along with Galvin. Now both golfers will be playing in the quarterfinals on Friday, albeit on different sides of the bracket.

D. Johnson def. Gogel, 2-up

The No. 6 seed Davis Johnson started off his Thursday match off well against the No. 22 seed Thomas Gogel.

Johnson won the first hole with a birdie, and he pared the second hole.

From there on out, Johnson and Gogel exchanged wins, with Johnson leading throughout but not leading by more than two holes.

Johnson won holes 6, 9, 11,15, and 18, while Gogel won holes 5, 8, 10, 12, and 17 to keep the match throughout.

Johnson carded a handful of birdies throughout his round, which helped him advance into Friday’s quarterfinal round, where he’ll face off against Adams.

Sam Stuve / Alexandria Echo Press Ryan Conn chips from just left of the No. 3 green during a Men's Championship division match at the 102nd Resorters Tournament on Aug. 3, 2023.

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