The Iowa men’s golf team shot the best round of the day in the Virginia Commonwealth Shootout to finish in a fourth-place tie on Tuesday.

The Hawkeyes shot 5 over to finish with a total of 881 (17 over) — moving their streak of top-five finishes to three in a row.

North Carolina-Wilmington won the tournament at 8 over.

“We accomplished out goal of finishing in the top five,” Iowa head coach Mark Hankins said. “But it was kind of bittersweet, because we put ourselves in a hole the first round and then came back and shot the lowest score in today’s round.”

Junior Brad Hopfinger had a solid tournament, shooting even par in his first two rounds, then finishing in a fourth-place tie with six other competitors at 217 (1 over).

Sophomore Barrett Kelpin shot the best round of any Hawkeye on Tuesday with a 1-under performance. The Kalamazoo, Mich., native finished the tournament tied for 20th with a score of 220.

Sophomore Chris Brant shot two-over-par on Tuesday en route to a 30th-place tie at 222.

Sophomore Brad George finished one stroke behind India at 227 to land him in a 47th-place tie.

— by Clark Cahill