Andy Bonar
It wasn't the best team finish, but playing in another loaded field, the Tiger golf team put together a solid eighth place finish in the Wooster Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
The finish can be described as solid because the field included 15 quality teams, including national title contenders Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein. The Tigers shot a two-day total of 629, a 318 on the first day and a 311 on the second. Only 19 strokes separated titlist Otterbein from eighth-place Wittenberg.
Freshman Andy Bonar (Lancaster, Ohio/Lancaster) had his best finish of the season, and the best two-round total for a Tiger golfer in three years as he posted back-to-back 74s for a 148, which was good for a third-place tie, just four strokes off the lead. Junior Jesse Fyffe (Mansfield, Ohio/Senior) was next with a 157, junior Jonathan Orr (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon) posted a 158, sophomore Adam Knowlton (Springfield, Ohio/Shawnee) carded a 170 and junior Pat Reist (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton) rounded things out with a 173.
One more week of practice against a field of the best in the midwest and much of the NCAC at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational. The 10 conference teams square off in Mount Vernon for the NCAC championship on May 3-4.