Scots Top the Field at Kenyon Invite, Marking First Tourney Win Since 2003

The College of Wooster golf team overcame challenging weather conditions Sunday to hang on for its first tournament victory since the 2002-03 season, as the Fighting Scots were two shots better than Mercyhurst College during the 36-hole Kenyon Invitational at Apple Valley Golf Course in Howard, Ohio.

While Wooster had come close with six runner-up finishes at various events the last six years, this marks its first tourney win since the 2003 Denison University Spring Invitational.

The Fighting Scots entered the final 18 holes well ahead of the competition, behind Saturday’s 317. That stood 11 strokes in front of then-second-place Wilmington College, but Wooster struggled throughout its lineup during the cold and rainy conditions that plagued central Ohio on Sunday. The Scots put up a 343 for a 660 total, which was just enough to edge out Mercyhurst (662) and Walsh University (666), while the remaining members of the eight-team field were well behind.

Individually, Scot freshman Michael Peters finished alone in second-place, covering the par-72, 6,946-yard course in 78 and 80 for his highest showing to date. Two other Wooster first-years, Blake Sword and Greg Benckart, were also among the top-15 in the standings. Sword shot relatively consistent rounds of 80 and 84 for 11th-place, while Benckart turned in a 77, followed by an 89, to tie for 14th.

Rounding out the Scots’ lineup were Tim Sullivan and Kevin Truitt. Sullivan fired a solid 82 as part of the team score on Saturday and Truitt scored Sunday with a 90, as they tied for 34th (176) and 50th (186), respectively.

Next for Wooster is Denison’s now-named Ted Barclay Spring Invitational this Friday and Saturday.