Ramsey Kincannon
News Editor
While the majority of the country was watching the battle between Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson at the Masters, Wooster’s men’s and women’s golf team competed at separate tournaments this week. The men played the Ted Barclay Invitational, and the women played the Spring Invitational in Wooster.
At the Barclay Invitational, which took place in Granville, Ohio on April 7 and 8, many Wooster golfers had successful weekends. Michael Peters ’12 led the pack of Wooster golfers by finishing in second place amongst a large field of competitors. This was the second weekend in a row where Peters came within a stroke of first place.
At the par 71 course, Peters shot a 75 on Saturday, and roared back with a one-over 72 on Sunday. Baldwin- Wallace’s Stephen Spalding fared one stroke better on the first day, and Peters’ Sunday charge wasn’t enough to overcome Spalding’s slight advantage. Senior Blake Sword also played exceptionally on Easter Sunday, where he shot 11 strokes better than his opening round 83 to finish in 21st place. Jeremy Burke ’14 and Tim Faerber ’12 shot identical Saturday and Sunday rounds, and tied for 37th place.
Wooster as a team fared quite well, finishing only slightly behind 6th place Muskingum University and 22 strokes behind first place Ohio Wesleyan. Denison, Baldwin-Wallace, Columbus State Community College, and Point Park rounded out the top five. Wooster finished ahead of other NCAC rivals Kenyon and Oberlin, beating the Lords by almost sixty strokes and the Yeomen by one hundred and forty strokes.
The women’s golf team played closer to home, hosting the Spring Invite at the Wooster Country Club on Saturday. Alyssa Gilbert ’15 paced the Fighting Scots by shooting a tremendous round of a 90, and finished tied for seventh overall — her round tied her career low. Rainey Sullivan ’14 shot a 97, putting her in 17th, and Janet Zahorsky ’12 and Hanna Gabriel ’13 shot identical rounds of 104 to tie for 22nd. Karley Walker ’14 rounded out the top five Wooster women’s golfers by shooting a 133, putting her 41st overall.
The Fighting Scots fared very well overall, finishing in fourth place. The top three schools were two different Walsh teams and Denison University, who finished 21 strokes ahead of Wooster.
The women’s team will compete at the Laura Bump Invitational in Ostrander, Ohio, next weekend at Heidelberg University. The men will be playing in the Strimer Memorial Invitational in Delaware, Ohio, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan.