NASSAU, Bahamas – On a fast track at The Ocean Club Golf Course, Ball State completed its 54-hole tournament at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational on Sunday, finishing in third place behind Charleston and Houston. Junior Carter Smith led the Cardinals and finished sixth overall. Combined, relative to par, the Cardinals' -26 scorecard established a new program record by beating 22-under par showings at Butler in 2023 and Dorado Beach in 2021.
In three straight rounds of the White Sands Bahamas Invitational, Ball State golfers traversed the par-72, 6,943-yard track with at least three counting scores of par or lower including Smith, Gavin Hare and Braxton Kuntz on Sunday.