BANKS, Ore. – Riley Lynch set a new personal best at the Pacific Invite, leading the Linfield men's golf team in its seventh-place finish at the Quail Valley Golf Course.
 
The junior from Seattle finished at 3-over-par 147, establishing a new 36-hole best that eclipsed his previous top mark of 149, set at last October's George Fox Invitational. Lynch carded a 74 in the first round before tying his career low of 73 in Sunday's second round to come into a three-way tie for fifth place with Willamette's Riley Lankford and Pacific Lutheran's Joshua Clogston.
 
The Wildcats finished ahead of Lewis & Clark with a final team score of 610. They turned in a collective score of 306 on Saturday before adding a 304 on Sunday. The 'Cats were four strokes back of Puget Sound and Willamette, which tied for fifth place on the team leaderboard with scores of 606.
 
Junior Chris Cayford finished in a three-way tie for 12^th place at 5-over-par 149, improving by one stroke (75-74) in between rounds. Fellow junior Trevor Price tied for 23^rd at 156 while freshman Jacob Smissen rounded out the Wildcat scorers in a tie for 27^th at 158. Senior Ahron Abraham ended the weekend tied for 36^th with a score of 161.
 
Whitman took home the team title with a two-round score of 7-over-par 583. The Blues had an 18-stroke cushion over second-place and host Pacific. Alex Knox's (141) second-place finish paced the Blues.
 
Brenden Borck of George Fox ran away with medalist honors. He topped the individual leaderboard at 9-under-par 135, six strokes ahead of Knox. Borck shot a 71 in the opening round before going off for a 64 on Sunday to secure the victory.
 
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Linfield is back on the links this weekend, hosting its own Wildcat Invitational on Sept. 24-25 at McMinnville's Michelbook Country Club.