Men's Golf moves up into second place after second day of 2018 OAC Championships
By Tim Glon
WEST LAFAYETTE — The Ohio Northern men's golf team moved into second place through the first two days of the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships on Saturday at River Greens Golf Course.
The Polar Bears (20-47-1 overall) are tied for second out of nine teams after 54 holes of the 72-hole tournament with a 305-318-299—922.
Senior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) and junior Joshua Turich (Centerville) and sit in the top seven individually to lead ONU.
Goodchild is tied for third out of 45 golfers with a 4-over par 74-76-73—223 and Turich is tied for seventh with a 9-over par 75-79-74—228.
Sophomore Ryan Tatman (West Chester/Lakota East) is tied for 18th with a 77-83-74—234, junior Nick Anderson (Mason) is tied for 24th with a 79-80-78—237 and freshman Ethan Smith (Chillicothe/Southeastern) is tied for 41st with an 84-85-83—252.
The top 14 finishers at ties after the conclusion of the tournament on Sunday earn All-Conference accolades.
The 27-hole course has several holes under water due to heavy rains this spring, so the players are playing a modified 18-hole layout that is playing 6866 yards to a par of 73.
Otterbein leads the team standings with a 892, John Carroll is tied for second with ONU with a 922, Heidelberg is fourth with a 927 and Mount union is fifth with a 929.
Sunday's final 18-hole round slated to start at 11 am.
Team Standings
1. Otterbein 288-302-302—892, t2. Ohio Northern 305-318-299—922, t2. John Carroll 311-314-297—922, 4. Heidelberg 305-309-313—927, 5. Mount Union 303-313-313—929, 6. Baldwin Wallace 306-318-306—930, 7. Capital 306-318-313—937, 8. Muskingum 319-330-316—965, 9. Marietta 328-333-316—977.
Top 14 Individuals (All-OAC)
1. Kurt Fortman (Ott) 72-74-73—219, 2. Sam Marty (Ott) 69-76-75—220, t3. Zach Goodchild (ONU) 74-76-73—223, t3. Andrew Sikorski (Berg) 71-73-79—223, t3. Buster Thomas (MtU) 75-71-77—223, 6. Tyler Dunfee (Ott) 75-77-75—227, t7. Joshua Turich (ONU) 75-79-74—228, t7. Mike Furey (JCU) 76-77-75—228, t7. Logan Holbrook (Cap) 72-78-78—228, 10. Austin Wells (Ott) 72-38—110, 11. Kurtis Lazur (Berg) 77-79-74—230, 12. Ben Ladaika (BW) 76-79-76—231, t13. Matt Dudley (BW) 72-81-79—232, t13 John Schnur (JCU) 80-79-73—232, t13. Matt Dudley (MtU) 72-81-79—232.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
t3. Zach Goodchild 74-76-73—223, t7. Joshua Turich 75-79-74—228, t18. Ryan Tatman 77-83-74—234, t24. Nick Anderson 79-80-78—237, t41. Ethan Smith 84-85-83—252.