Goodchild fires a 75, leads Men's Golf in first round of Heidelberg Spring Invitational
By Tim Glon
TIFFIN — Sophomore Zach Goodchild fired a 3-over par 75 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team on the first day of the Heidelberg Spring Invitational Saturday afternoon at Mohawk Country Club.
Goodchild sits in third place out of 47 golfers through 18 holes of the 36-hole tournament.
Tiffin leads the team standings in the 6-team field with a 303, Baldwin Wallace is second with a 307, Ohio Northern is third with a 310 and Lourdes is fourth with a 315.
Senior Rick Deichert and junior Blaine Ricketts are tied for seventh with 77s and freshman Nick Anderson is tied for 10th with a 78 on the par-72, 6705-yard course.
BW's Jason Garnet holds the 18-hole lead with an even-par 72.
The final 18 holes will begin on Sunday with a 9 am shotgun start.
Team Standings
1. Tiffin 303, 2. Baldwin Wallace 307, 3. Ohio Northern 310, 4. Lourdes 315, 5. Heidelberg 316, 6. John Carroll 317.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Jason Garnet (BW) 72, 2. Cam Lung (Tif) 74, t3. Zach Goodchild (ONU) 75, t3. Ryan Neise (Tif) 75, t5. Tyler Burner (Tif) 76, t5. Weston Lucas (BW) 76.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
t3. Zach Goodchild 75, t7. Rick Deichert 77, t7. Blaine Ricketts 77, t10. Nick Anderson 78, t26. Tyler Davis 81.
Other Ohio Northern Individual Results
t26. Joshua Turich 81, t32. Thomas Lee 83, t35. Riku Watanabe 86, t40. Tim Monroe 88, 47. Tanner Rader 107.
