Bethel Men’s Golf breaks records in Stonehenge Invitational win

WINONA LAKE, Ind. — The single event records for the 18-hole low and 18-hole low
par were broken in the Bethel Pilots tournament win at the Stonehenge Invitational at
Stonehenge Golf Club on Monday along with Jonah Kumfer and Nico Sabogal tying
his and Griffyn Carpenter’s lowest 18-hole score in program history (67).
Kumfer took second in the individual standings with a (-3 67-72) and his first-round
score of 67 was the record-tie of his own back at Eagle Valley on Sept. 20, 2022, and
Griffyn Carpenter’s 67 at Cherry Hill on Oct. 2, 2012.
Bethel broke the 18-hole lowest score with a 279 in the first round, then proceeded to
break that with a 276. The previous records were Cherry Hill on Oct. 2, 2012, with a
286, the previous second-best all-time, and Eberhart Petro in 1973 with a 282 score.
The Pilots also broke the 36-hole lowest score at 555, which exceeded the record set at
Cherry Hill / Autumn Ridge on Oct. 1-2, 2012 with a score of 591.
Earl Williams and Nico Sabogal tied for third place with Williams shooting a 71-69
(second round tying for sixth all-time lowest 18-hole score) and Sabogal shooting a 73-
67 (tied with Kumfer and Carpenter for lowest all-time).
Aaron Pasqualone shot a 68-75 and ties Jon Bonfiglio (’07), Chris Tillbury, and Billy
Nelson for the second all-time lowest score in program history with Pasqualone’s firstround 68 which put him in seventh individually at the tournament. Jimmy Bunner also
joins Pasqualone for second all-time with his second-round 68 score and finished in
12th in the standings.
NEXT TIME OUT
The Pilots take on the Egypt Valley Invitational, hosted by Taylor University from
Monday, Oct. 7 to Tuesday, Oct. 8 in Ada, Mich. with tee-off scheduled for 9 a.m.