Men's Golf rallies for upper division finish at OAC Fall Invitational
By Tim Glon
TIFFIN — The Ohio Northern men's golf team rebounded from a slow start on Sunday to post a strong showing on Monday at the Ohio Athletic Conference Fall Invitational at the Mohawk Country Club.
The Polar Bears (16-10-1 overall) carded a 307-296—603 to finish fourth out of eight teams in the 36-hole tournament.
Junior Zach Goodchild led ONU with a 2-over par 75-71—146, finishing third out of 62 golfers on the par-72, 6705-yard course.
Senior Tyler Davis finished tied for 11th with a 76-74—150 and senior Blaine Ricketts tied for 20th with a 76-76—152.
ONU was in seventh place after Sunday's first round, but its 296 was the second-lowest in the field on Monday.
Otterbein won the team title with a 293-297—590, John Carroll was second at 300-292—592 and Heidelberg was third with a 301-297—598.
The Polar Bears will return to action Sunday at the Defiance Fall Invitational.
Team Standings
1. Otterbein 293-297—590, 2. John Carroll 300-292—592, 3. Heidelberg 301-297—598, 4. Ohio Northern 307-296—603, 5. Capital 304-303—607, 6. Baldwin Wallace 308-304—612, 7. Mount Union 301-3131—614, 8. Muskingum 303-318—621.
Top 5 Individual Results
1. John Schnur (JCVU) 71-69—140, 2. Brock Jamison (Berg) 71-71—143, 3. Zach Goodchild 75-71—146, t4. Kris Clarke (Ott) 78-69—147, t4. Andy Cornell (Musk) 73-74—147, t4. Matt Dudley (MtU) 68-79—147, t4. Tyler Elgin (Ott) 74-73—147, t4. Logan Holbrook (Cap) 75-72—147.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
3. Zach Goodchild 75-71—146, t11. Tyler Davis 76-74—150, t20. Blaine Ricketts 76-76—152, t37. Tim Monroe 82-75—157, t42. Nick Anderson 80-79—159.
Other Ohio Northern Individual Results
t28. Joshua Turich 77-77—154, t42. Ryan Tatman 80-79—159, 56. Riku Watanabe 81-85—165, 61. Brant Morton 91-88—179, 62. Tanner Rader 92-93—185.