The College of Wooster men's golf team's record run of consecutive years with a traditional tournament title is now at six, as the Fighting Scots retained the Buffalo Wild Wings Cleveland Cup in convincing fashion, besting the field by 18 strokes over the last two days at the par-72, 6,687-yard Grey Hawk Golf Club and the par-72, 6,572-yard Pine Hills Golf Club.
Wooster, which fired a 611, carried a six-stroke lead over Bluffton University into Monday's round, then posted the best score in the field at Pine Hills by seven strokes. Bluffton finished at 629, a stroke better than third-place Muskingum University.
Senior
Andrew Carey captured medalist honors for the second time as a Scot, shooting a 5-over-par 149 to win by a stroke over Wilmington College's
Cohen Beebe. Carey dropped in a birdie to secure the medalist honor on his final hole, the par-4, 426-yard No. 18. It marked the senior's third birdie of Monday's round at Pine Hills, with the others coming on the par-4, 430-yard No. 6 and the par-5, 495-yard No. 10. Carey positioned himself for a run at the medalist honor with a dominant finish to Sunday's round at Grey Hawk. There, he shot a 2-over-par 74, and went 2-under-par over his final 10 holes. Back-to-back birdies dropped for Carey on the par-5, 532-yard No. 14 and the par-4, 405-yard No. 15.
Sophomore
Jack Kinder cracked the top-five for the first time this season, tying for third with a 151. He shared the clubhouse lead with Carey, following a 2-over-par 74 on Sunday at Grey Hawk. Kinder's 74 was one off a season-best. He birdied two of his final five holes on Sunday and did not drop a stroke during that stretch. Kinder fired a 1-over-par 37 on Pine Hills' back nine Monday, with his birdie coming on the par-4, 425-yard No. 17.
Sophomore
Musa Shariff and junior
Nunth Khamkhokgruad tied for 12th at 159. Khamkhokgruad tied a season-best with an even-par 72 at Pine Hills on Monday. Khamkhokgruad started with a birdie on the 405-yard second hole, which was his first of the shotgun-started round. Khamkhokgruad held at 1-under-par until No. 10, then dropped back under par with a birdie on the 185-yard 12th hole. He played 25 holes at par or better for the tournament.
Shariff's top round was a 78 at Pine Hills. He logged 11 holes of par or better there and went 1-over-par for his final seven holes of the tournament. Shariff did exceptionally well on the back nines, going a combined 5-over-par between Grey Hawk and Pine Hills.
Senior
Jake Cammarata rounded out the lineup with the 21st-place score of 162. The senior carded six birdies for the tournament.
This was the final tournament of Wooster's fall schedule. The Scots posted four top-three finishes across six events.