WEST LAFAYETTE, Ohio – The Capital University men's golf team hit the links at River Greens Golf Course this past weekend, competing in the OAC Fall Preview. The Comets soared up the leaderboard with senior
Ricky Walsh finishing T-1st to secure co-medalist honors with a final score of 143. Walsh would lead the Purple and White to a second place team finish with a team score of 601, 13 strokes behind John Carroll at 588.
As mentioned, Walsh led CU shooting a one-over par 73 on day one and dropping three strokes to put up a two-under 70 on day two to finish T-1st, one under at 143. Brody Dewitt dropped a top-10 performance in his first collegiate start. He shot 73-76 to finish T-8th at 149.
Keegan Billingham came in at T-19th with a 154 after rounds of 74 and 80. Aidan Issac concluded the team score for the Comets, shooting 77-78 to finish T-21st at 155.
Cole Crandall shot a 162 made up of rounds of 80 and 82 to place T-40th.
Not only did the top five for the Comets finish second as a team, but the reserves would also put in a good performance and finish sixth playing as "Capital B". The B-Squad posted a team score of 628, good enough to top the A-teams of Ohio Northern, Baldwin Wallace, and Muskingum.
Nolan Frey was the frontrunner for CU-B, finishing T-15th at 153 after rounds of 76 and 77.
Ryan Murphy was next, finishing T-25th after shooting 78 in round one and 79 in round two. His brother
Adam Murphy finished not far behind at T-29th.
Cam Donahue and
Logan Wycoff concluded the card for Cap B, both at T-37 with scores of 161. Donahue shot 78-83 while Wycoff came in at 80-81.
QUOTE FROM COACH GARCIA
"Really proud of these boys. That was an awesome gritty performance the last two days. I'm so happy for Ricky as a senior finally earning a starting spot, he made the most of his opportunity and the guy played lights out. He's such a hard worker and I'm so proud of him; guy was nails all weekend. Also
Brodey Dewitt in his first college start was so poised and gave us two awesome rounds . This performance gives us so much confidence and I can't wait to see what these guys do to close out the fall season the remainder of this month."
UP NEXT
The Comets will be back in action on October 12th and 13th, hosting the Capital Fall Classic at Lancaster Golf Club.
