Scots Tie for Third During Challenging Conditions at Own Nine-Team Nye Intercollegiate

The College of Wooster golf team shaved eight strokes from Saturday’s first round, going from a 331 score to a 323 on Sunday en route to a tie for third-place finish at its own Nye Intercollegiate, held at the par-72, 6,454-yard Wooster Country Club in Wooster, Ohio. Both days of the annual 36-hole event saw unseasonably warm temperatures, in addition to a steady breeze, gusting more than 30 M.P.H. at times, which resulted in fast greens and tough scoring conditions overall.

Baldwin-Wallace College adapted the best out of the nine-team field, as the Yellow Jackets took home the championship (318-310=628), 19 strokes ahead of the runner-up, Otterbein College (329-318=647). Wooster tied with Albion College (333-321=654), while edging North Coast Athletic Conference rival Wabash College (330-332=662). The other four teams were well behind.

Highlighting the Fighting Scots was the play of Michael Peters, as the freshman finished alone in third-place while continuing his standout season. He carded consisted rounds of 78 and 77 for an 11-over 155, maintaining his year-long scoring average of 77.5. The only two ahead of him both hailed from Baldwin-Wallace in medalist Matt Weiss (76-76=152) and Mike Falk (77-76=153).

Others in the top-20 individual standings for Wooster were Blake Sword and Tim Faerber, also members of the first-year class. Sword did a better job of handling the challenging conditions over the second 18, tying for 16th (84-81=164) and Faerber shot identical rounds of 83 to tie for 19th (166).

Also in the starting lineup this weekend were freshman Greg Benckart and sophomore Kevin Truitt. Benckart contributed an 82 on Sunday as part of a tie for 30th-place (173), while Truitt was in the team score Saturday via an 86 en route to a 35th-place tie (175).

Noteworthy, the remaining four players on Wooster’s roster also took part at the Nye Intercollegiate as they jockeyed for a position in next week’s season-ending NCAC Invitational. Making the strongest case for a spot in the lineup was junior Tim Sullivan, who tied for 16th overall (82-83=165).

The NCAC Invite will be hosted by Allegheny College at the Country Club of Meadville.