Golf
Ohio State falls to Auburn in dramatic NCAA men’s golf semifinal
The Ohio State men’s golf team lost to top-ranked Auburn in dramatic fashion on Tuesday in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, California. The Tigers will face Florida State in the championship on Wednesday.
The seventh-seeded Buckeyes got 1-up wins in the best-of-five match-play format from Maxwell Moldovan and Tyler Sabo, and OSU’s Neal Shipley and Jackson Chandler lost close matches.
That brought the decision to OSU’s Adam Wallin vs. Southeastern Conference Player of the Year Jackson Koivun. They were tied through 20 holes, and Koivun birdied the third extra hole − the par-5 18th − to send the Tigers to the championship.
The Buckeyes finished tied for third, their best finish since they won their second title in 1979.
“It was quite an unusual season in a lot of ways,” Ohio State coach Jay Moseley said in a release issued by the school. “There were points in the spring where we had some adversity that we didn’t handle so well and just didn’t play the way we expect and the standards that we have for ourselves and the team.
“I knew it would come together at some point, but you just never know when. We came in here with some really good momentum and we knew we were playing well. It was not a surprise to us at all to see the way we managed through stroke play. We felt great about how the golf course setup for us. We’ve got guys that can hit it in the short grass and hit greens. We just needed a couple more putts to drop.”
Moldovan finished his career with the lowest scoring average in OSU history at 71.25 and also had the most career rounds at par or better (86) and the most career rounds in the 60s (48). He had four career wins, 19 top 10s and 31 top 20s.
Wallin is the first Buckeye to finish in the top 10 at the NCAA Championship since 1995. He held the 54-hole lead and finished eighth at 1-under par.
In a quarterfinal earlier in the day, Ohio State defeated Vanderbilt with wins by Shipley, Chandler and Wallin. Vanderbilt was seeded No. 2.
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