The College of Wooster men's golf team took to Firestone Country Club's North Course on Monday and Tuesday for John Carroll University's Blue Streak Invitational. The Fighting Scots placed 13th in the loaded field that included three of the top 11 teams in the Bushnell/Golfweek Div. III Coaches' Poll, five nationally ranked teams overall, and two others among those receiving votes.
Wooster, which shot a 959 for the 54-hole tournament, was led by senior
Andrew Carey's 42nd-place 235. Carey fired one of Wooster's two round-two 74s, and as a team, the Scots posted their best round at 308. Carey's second round started with an eagle on the par-5, 520-yard No. 18, which was his starting hole. When all was said and done, Carey fired a 2-under-par 34 on Firestone's back nine in round two, dropping in a late birdie on the par-4, 356-yard No. 15.
First-year
Florian Egger bounced right back from a tough Monday opener with a 2-over-par 74 later that same day. Egger's round two started on No. 17, and he carded a birdie on No. 18 before dropping to 2-under-par through seven once birdie three of the round went down on the par-5, 533-yard fifth hole. Egger dropped back to 2-under-par on the par-3, 161-yard eighth hole and logged pars on four of his final five holes for the 74. Egger placed 61st overall at 245.
Sophomore
Musa Shariff's 243 ranked 58th in the field. Like the other Scots already mentioned, Shariff's best round was the second. He got to even-par for the back-nine of the round with a closing birdie on No. 15, which was his ending hole. He played the final six holes of round two at 1-under-par, not dropping a stroke during that stretch.
Junior
Rafa Tanjung's 79 led the Scots in round one and he finished 67th at 248. He played 11 holes at par or better during the round of 79. Sophomore
Arnav Choudhary finished out the lineup with the 68th-place score of 249. He logged the Scots' other eagle of the tournament, with that coming on No. 7 in round one.
No. 21 John Carroll won the 13-team event with an 881, holding off fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges by two strokes. CMS'
Sebi Aliaga was the medalist with a 5-under-par 211.
Next, Wooster wraps up its fall season at the Cleveland Cup, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University October 18-19.Â
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