The College of Wooster men's golf team took on Williams College on Monday at Talamore Golf Resort in a match play event. The Fighting Scots fell 5-3 to the Ephs.
Junior
Jake Cammarata cruised to a 6-and-5 win over
Jack Estrella at the top of Wooster's lineup. Senior
Mark Towns was Wooster's other winner, taking a 3-and-1 match from
Alex Moller at the third spot. First-years
Jack Kinder and
Musa Shariff halved their respective matches to score half a point each for the Scots. Elsewhere, junior
Andrew Carey fell 3-and-2 at No. 2, first-year
Arnav Choudhary lost 3-and-2 at No. 2, and sophomore
Max Shulman dropped his match 1-up. Sophomore
Nunth Khamkhokgruad rounded out Wooster's lineup, falling 5-and-4.
Wooster's trip started at Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, Virginia. The Tom Fazio-designed course is widely regarded by Golf Digest as one of the top courses in the Richmond area. Next, Wooster stopped at Methodist University for a day of practice. Methodist has a PGA accredited PGA Golf Management program.
Wooster spent three days at Atlantic Beach Country Club upon arriving in Florida. The course sits on the site of the former Selva Marina Country Club, where Jack Nicklaus recorded his first double-eagle in tournament competition during the 1966 Jacksonville Open. Atlantic Beach hosted the first Greater Jacksonville Open, which eventually became THE PLAYERS Championship.
On March 20, Wooster returned to Hawk's Nest, a stop on previous spring training trips. The course is built on a sand ridge and features plenty of long-needled pines and live oaks along the fairways, a rarity for a course in Florida.
A new stop on the trip was Pointe West Country Club, a newer course to the region. Developed in 1999 from an old citrus grove, Pointe West features a variety of elevated tees, elevated landing areas, and elevated greens. One of the signature holes is the 598-yard No. 16.
Upon heading north, Wooster practiced at Pinehurst Resort before taking on Williams. A return to Legacy Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus II took place following the match-play event against Williams. Legacy is one of the few courses in the region to host a United States Golf Association National Championship. It features mini Verde greens routed around five lakes. The Scottish-inspired design features rolling terrain, deep pot bunkers, and undulating greens reminiscent of the classic links courses across the Atlantic.
Wooster's last stop is set for Old Chatham, which hosted the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship. Old Chatham is Doc Redman's home course. Redman was the 2017 U.S. Amateur Champion and has gone on to play in over 120 events on the PGA Tour, where he has two runner-up and six top-five finishes.
Wooster returns to action by hosting a spring invitational at Fox Meadow Country Club in Medina, Ohio on Monday, April 6.Â
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