Caffee's 76 leads Men's Golf to fourth place finish at Trine (Ind.) Eddy Invitational

By Tim Glon

ANGOLA, Ind. — Senior Phillip Caffee fired a 5-over par 76 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the Trine (Ind.) A.C. Eddy Invitational Tuesday at the Zollner Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (37-18-3) finished tied for fourth out of six teams with a 313.

Hope (Mich.) won the team title with 302 strokes, Trine (Ind.) was second with a 307, Owens C.C. was third with a 312 and Davenport (Mich.) tied ONU for fourth with a 313.

Caffee finished tied for ninth of of 51 golfers with a 39-37—76 on the par-71, 6,384-yard layout.

Sophomore Ryan Wirtz tied for 15th with a 37-40—77, senior Travis Ballinger and freshman Andrew Quintrell tied for 23rd with 80s and senior Angelo Palmer tied for 34th with a 41-42—83.

Trine's Todd Wisler and Davenport's Jackson Davidson tied for Medalist honors with 1-over par 72s.

The Polar Bears will return to action Sunday and Monday at the OAC Spring Invitational, hosted by Muskingum.

Team Standings

1. Hope (Mich.) 302, 2. Trine (Ind.) 307, 3. Owens C.C. 312, t4. Ohio Northern 313, t4. Davenport (Mich.) 312, 6. Rochester (Mich.) 326.

Top 5 Individuals

t1. Todd Wisler (Trine) 72, t1. Jackson Davidson (Dav) 72, t3. Nick Campbell (Hope) 74, t3. Andy Thompson (Hope) 74, t3. Max Niehans (Trine) 74.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t9. Phillip Caffee 39-37—76, t15. Ryan Wirtz 37-40—77, t23. Travis Ballinger 39-41—80, t23. Andrew Quintrell 41-39—80, t34. Angelo Palmer 41-42—83.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t45. Bruce Hamit 46-42—88.