OSU edges Georgia Tech to win U.S. Collegiate Championship
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team registered its first win of the season on Sunday, outlasting Georgia Tech by a stroke to win the U.S. Collegiate Championship at The Golf Club of Georgia.
The Cowboys, who entered the day with a one-shot lead over the Yellow Jackets, posted a 284 team score during the closing round at the par-72, 7,017-yard layout. Georgia Tech matched the Cowboys’ 4-under tally for the low score of the day to maintain its spot one shot back. OSU finished at 15-under 849 with Georgia Tech coming in at 850. Wake Forest finished third at 862.
The victory was the Cowboys’ first under Alan Bratton and came one day after the first-year head coach’s birthday.
Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans closed with a 71 to secure the individual title, tallying a 10-under 206 score and earning a four-shot victory.
For the second consecutive event, sophomore Wyndham Clark and senior Ian Davis tied for fourth place. The duo finished in a six-way tie for fourth at 4-under 212.
Davis closed with a 72, while Clark fired the squad’s low round of the event with a 68. Clark birdied two of his first four holes to go out in 2-under 34 and added birdies at the 11th , 15th and 16th before carding his only bogey of the day at the 17th.
Sophomore Jordan Niebrugge added a top 10 of his own, tying for 10th place after carding a 74 to finish at 213.
Senior Talor Gooch carded his low round of the event with a 1-under 71 to finish at 215 and tied for 18th place.
Freshman Zachary Olsen rounded out the starting five with a 73 to finish tied for 23rd place at 216.
Senior Kevin Dougherty competed individually and posted a closing 76 to finish at 224 and tied for 50th place.
The Cowboys will close out their fall slate when they begin play at the Royal Oaks Invitational on Oct. 28 in Dallas.
1 Oklahoma State 284 281 284 849
T4 Ian Davis (1) 71 69 72 212
T4 Wyndham Clark (2) 73 71 68 212
T10 Jordan Niebrugge (3) 69 70 74 213
T18 Talor Gooch (5) 72 72 71 215
T23 Zachary Olsen (4) 72 71 73 216
2 Georgia Tech 279 287 284 850
1 Ollie Schniederjans (1) 66 69 71 206
3 Anders Albertson (3) 70 70 71 211
T10 Bo Andrews (5) 70 73 70 213
T39 Seth Reeves (2) 73 75 73 221
T39 Richy Werenski (4) 73 76 72 221
3 Wake Forest 286 288 288 862
T4 Danny Guise (2) 72 70 70 212
T10 Thomas Birdsey (1) 71 71 71 213
T29 Clancy Waugh (4) 73 75 69 217
T50 Davis Womble (5) 70 76 78 224
T73 Cyrus Stewart (3) 77 72 81 230
4 Virginia 285 290 288 863
2 Ben Rusch (3) 66 74 70 210
T15 Denny McCarthy (1) 72 70 72 214
T34 Nick McLaughlin (5) 75 71 73 219
T44 Derek Bard (2) 74 75 73 222
T70 Ji Soo Park (4) 73 81 73 227
T5 Texas A&M 285 292 287 864
T10 Andrew Lister (2) 71 70 72 213
T23 Ben Crancer (1) 69 77 70 216
T23 Tyler Dunlap (5) 70 72 74 216
T50 Johannes Veerman (3) 75 77 72 224
T60 Greg Yates (4) 79 73 73 225
T5 UCLA 286 287 291 864
T4 Lorens Chan (2) 71 71 70 212
T18 Jonathan Garrick (1) 70 71 74 215
T36 Manav Shah (3) 75 73 72 220
T39 Matt Pinizzotto (5) 70 72 79 221
T73 Jake Knapp (4) 79 76 75 230
T7 Iowa 287 287 292 866
T4 Ian Vandersee (3) 69 74 69 212
T18 Brian Bullington (2) 70 70 75 215
T32 Steven Ihm (1) 76 69 73 218
T50 Raymond Knoll (5) 73 76 75 224
T65 Joseph Winslow (4) 75 74 77 226
T7 Stanford 288 288 290 866
T15 Patrick Rodgers (1) 75 72 67 214
T15 Cameron Wilson (2) 69 71 74 214
T29 David Boote (3) 69 74 74 217
T60 Jim Liu (4) 79 71 75 225
T60 Maverick McNealy (5) 75 74 76 225
9 Southern California 290 289 290 869
T4 Rico Hoey (3) 70 71 71 212
T23 Anthony Paolucci (1) 73 72 71 216
T36 Jeffrey Kang (2) 72 72 76 220
T50 Paul Smith (4) 75 75 74 224
T50 Danny Ochoa (5) 76 74 74 224
10 Washington 294 287 293 874
T18 Trevor Simsby (1) 76 70 69 215
T23 Corey Pereira (3) 72 73 71 216
T44 Gerrit Chambers (5) 73 71 78 222
T50 Chris Babcock (4) 75 74 75 224
T65 Jonathan Sanders (2) 74 73 79 226
T11 Auburn 297 285 296 878
T18 Niclas Carlsson (3) 72 69 74 215
T29 Matt Gilchrest (2) 75 70 72 217
T50 Jake Mondy (1) 74 73 77 224
T60 Victor Henum (5) 76 73 76 225
T65 Daniel Stringfellow (4) 77 75 74 226
T11 ETSU 294 290 294 878
T10 Rhys Pugh (1) 69 71 73 213
T32 Adrian Meronk (2) 75 72 71 218
T48 Mateusz Gradecki (3) 72 74 77 223
T70 Christopher Hickman (5) 78 73 76 227
72 G. Kristjansson (4) 78 76 74 228
13 Kent State 296 295 290 881
T23 Kyle Kmiecik (3) 71 74 71 216
T39 Corey Conners (1) 72 76 73 221
T44 Taylor Pendrith (2) 76 74 72 222
T44 Jake Troyer (5) 77 71 74 222
T77 Josh Whalen (4) 82 78 78 238
14 Duke 291 297 298 886
T36 Yaroslav Merkulov (4) 70 73 77 220
T39 Motin Yeung (1) 69 73 79 221
T48 Alexander Matlari (3) 77 75 71 223
T50 Max Greyserman (2) 75 76 73 224
76 Michael Ricaurte (5) 77 77 77 231
15 Clemson 299 293 296 888
T34 Stephen Behr (3) 72 74 73 219
T50 Miller Capps (1) 74 72 78 224
T60 Cody Proveaux (2) 82 72 71 225
T65 Carson Young (4) 77 75 74 226
T77 Billy Kennerly (5) 76 79 83 238