On a windy and rainy Tuesday at the Stevinson Ranch Invitational, the ISU men’s golf team wrapped up the tournament with a 330 — the worst score in the field — and in the words of coach Jay Horton, “played terribly.”

“The weather out there today was tough, and we didn’t handle it well at all,” Horton said. “This is the weather that separates the men from the boys, and we got knocked around pretty good.”

With temperatures barely topping 50 degrees, light rain early on and winds gusting over 20 miles per hour, the Cyclones unraveled from what was a fairly strong first two rounds, finishing 12th out of 14 teams.

“[Tuesday] it played really tough all day,” said ISU golfer Chris Baker. “I was pleased with how things went the first two rounds. The scores were decent, I thought, but Tuesday was just really tough.”

After having three golfers in the top 20 going into Tuesday’s final round, the Cyclones fell prey to the tough conditions and all three golfers fell out of the top 20. Freshman Joe Cermak was the only golfer to hold steady during Tuesday’s round, losing only one spot to the weather conditions.

Cermak’s 226 (73-75-78) led the Cyclones for the two-day event, and he finished 21st individually. Baker’s 228 (74-73-81) made it the first time this spring that he didn’t card the lowest ISU score.

“[The final round] I was 6-over-par through five holes and I had three or four mental flips and put up huge numbers,” Baker said. “It was a learning experience, but you hate to learn that way.”

Rodney Hamblin provided one of the few bright spots for the Cyclones during the tournament in the first round. Hamblin produced the first par-4 eagle in the seven-year history of the tournament on the 339-yard 8th en route to a front nine 32. The 32 tied him with eight others for the low nine-hole score in the event’s history.

Drew Dalziel carded the low round of the tournament for Iowa State with a second-round 69 on his way to a 236 (80-69-87). Curtis Foster rounded out the scoring for the Cyclones with a 246 (78-82-86).

“I was happy with how the guys played the first day,” Horton said. “Some of the guys who had been struggling played well and Rodney and Drew broke par, so that was nice.”

Kansas’ Kevin Ward easily won the tournament with a 208 (68-64-76), six strokes over his closest competitor.

The Jayhawks took the team title for the sixth time in the seven years of the tournament with an 872 (286-287-299), 20 strokes ahead of second place Kansas State and Nebraska. The 20-stroke margin was the largest in tournament history.

Kansas State jumped from eighth on the first day to tie for second with Nebraska on the final day, finishing with an 892. Missouri finished fourth with an 893, while three others tied at 894 for fifth.