NCAC Championships Preview: Men's Golf

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The Outlook: The North Coast Athletic Conference Championship Series is set to take place the next two Saturdays, with Kenyon College hosting this Saturday's 18-hole event at the par-71, 6,486-yard Denison Golf Club. Next week, the teams will compete in event two at the par-72, 6,910-yard Westbrook Country Club. More information on NCAC Championships can be found on the NCAC's Championships webpage and the NCAC Golf Championship Series webpage. Live scoring links can be found on Kenyon's championship webpage.

Spectator Policies: There are NO spectators permitted at Denison Golf Club. Spectators will be permitted at Westbrook Country Club and they will be expected to adhere to universal masking and social distancing at all times.

A Look Back at the Last NCAC Championships: Wooster placed fourth at the 2019 NCAC Championships, with that finish marking the program's highest since 2013. Then-junior Jimmy Hinton earned a spot on the all-conference team after tying for 13th-place at 152. Then-senior Andrew DeLaat was at the forefront of Wooster's Sunday charge with a 3-over-par 155. In fact, all five Scots in the lineup turned in scores in the 70s, with Wooster's 307 in the final round ranking as the fourth-lowest team score of the day.

Happy Birthday: Senior David Roney rang in his 22nd birthday with medalist honors at 1-over-par, as Wooster picked up its first two wins of the season against Allegheny College and Hiram College back on April 3. Playing at Wooster's home track, Roney moved back to even-par with a birdie at the par-3, 168-yard No. 8 at Wooster Country Club. Roney was at 1-under-par through 14 with a birdie on the par-5, 466-yard 13th hole. He's currently tops on the team with a 77.9 average.

The Other Wylie Vet: Junior Ben Foltz is the Scots' other experienced linkster this spring, as the computer science major and Roney are the only two non-first-years on the Scots roster this year. Foltz is set to make his first appearance at the NCAC Championships this week.

Youth Movement: Wooster has 10 first-years on its squad this season, with the rookies hailing from four different states – Indiana, Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In fact, two of the Scots' rookie linksters – David Dennis and Jack Donahue – were high school classmates at Grove City High School.

Now That's How You Start: First-year Tyler Hilbert's collegiate career got off to a roaring start, as the intended business economics major carded birdies on his first two collegiate holes – the par-5, 491-yard No. 1 and the par-4, 377-yard No. 2 at Wooster Country Club.

Scots Go Low: Wooster shot a 308 at the par-70, 6,503-yard Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna, Ohio, back on April 11 for the team's low round of the spring. All four scorers for Wooster shot in the 70s, a first for the program since the second round of the 2019 Wabash College Fall Golf Classic. Less than a week later, Wooster went even lower with a 307 against Kenyon at the Denison Golf Club.

Wooster Alumni Qualify for U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championships: John Angelo '13 – the third-place finisher at the 2013 NCAC Men's Golf Championship Series and the medalist at event two – and Marcus Carano '16 – a three-time All-NCAC performer – fired a 10-under-par 62 at Mayfield Sand Ridge Club in Chardon, Ohio, back on October 5 to qualify for the upcoming U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championships at Chambers Bay in May.