AWENDAW, S.C. (Mar. 25, 2025) -
All the tumblers fell into place for Yannick Malik on Tuesday and unlocked something special to finish The Hootie at Bulls Bay.
The junior from Germany shot a bogey-free, 7-under par 65 to vault both himself and ETSU men's golf to a ninth-place finish.
Ben Carberry also went bogey-free with a 68 as the Bucs jumped into the top 10 with a 13-under 275 in the third and final round.
Teeing off on the back nine, Malik birdied three of his first five holes, then birdied the par-4 18th and 1st, as well as the 6th and the 9th to complete his lowest round as a Buccaneer, tied with Kristian Bressum's 65 at the Ka'anapali Classic in November for ETSU's lowest round of the 2024-25 season, and tied for the third-lowest round of the day at Bulls Bay. Malik finished the tournament 8-under, good for ninth, his best finish this season and his second top ten.
Carberry was one-under at the turn, but stacked birdies at the 1st, 2nd, and 4th to match his season-low 68 at the Ka'anapali Classic, two shots off his career-best 66 at the Puerto Rico Classic on February 13, 2022. Carberry finished 27th overall at 3-under par, his second best finish this season.
Gavin Tiernan shot a 2-under par 70 on the final day to finish 2-under for the tournament in 35th. Bressum was even-par in the final round to finish the tournament 5-over, and Joshua Pritchett shot a 1-over 73 to finish 1-over for the week. Ben Oberholzer shot a 5-over 77 on the final day to finish the tournament 10-over par.
The Bucs take a week off from competition before returning to the course April 5 at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, their final event before the 2025 SoCon Championship.
For more information on ETSU men's golf, go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's golf tab.
