Wooster Finishes Season-Best Second-Place at Kenyon Invite

All five College of Wooster golfers in the starting lineup were among the top-12 of the individual standings at this weekend’s seven-team Kenyon Invitational, and the Fighting Scots finished in a season-best second-place while playing at the par-72, 6946-yard Apple Valley Golf Course in Howard, Ohio.

Wooster was just one stroke back of Wittenberg University after Saturday’s round, but couldn’t overcome the rival Tigers during the second 18 holes, as Wittenberg ended up with a 629 total to the Scots’ 636. The remainder of the field was well back, consisting of Madonna University (655), host Kenyon College (661), Albion College (683), Hiram College (701), and Oberlin College (725).

Leading Wooster was Pat Lynch, who shot 80-77, with the latter being the third-lowest round overall Sunday. Lynch’s 157 total put him in a three-way tie for second individually, behind medalist Andrew Flint of Wittenberg (79-76).

Playing his first tournament of the spring, Andy Van Horn came in fifth-place (78-81), while the Scots’ Sean Glaser also came in the top-10, tying for ninth (79-82). One stroke behind was teammate Erik Shoger, who finished alone in 11th (80-82), and one more shot back was Matt Mellott as he tied for 12th (84-79).

Also of note, Wooster’s Tim Sullivan played as an individual. He turned in the second-best score on Saturday with a 77, but followed it up with a 91 to end in a tie for 20th-place (168).

Next on the schedule for the Scots is the annual Ted Barclay Invitational, hosted by Denison University at the Granville Golf Course.