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Big Ten Match Play Championship Comes to an End – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Feb. 16, 2015
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PALM COAST, Fla. – Ohio State dropped a pair of 3-2 matches on the final day of the 2015 Big Ten Match Play Championship, falling to Purdue and Minnesota. Tee-k Kelly was victorious in both of his individual matches on Monday though, topping Gopher Runar Arnorsson (3 & 2) and Boilermaker Fernando Barco (5 & 3).
Boo Timko mirrored Kelly’s two-of-three performance overall, picking up individual wins against Minnesota and in the first round versus Michigan.
Tournament Bracket – Complete Results
Kelly started the day off on the wrong foot, giving away his first two holes to Barco with a bogey and double bogey. The Wheaton, Ill., native quickly regrouped, however, taking the next three holes to go `1UP’ heading to the sixth tee. The next three holes were a stalemate after the seventh was halved and each combatant seized one of the next two. Kelly then swept `the turn’ with two more wins, grabbing the ninth and 10th holes. He would add on more damage before ultimately closing it out, 5 & 3.
Engle dug himself a two-hole deficit as well before storming back to earn an individual match triumph against the Boilers. His bout with Austin Eoff was `all-square’ as late as the 13th hole. The Buckeye then gathered three of the final four holes to clinch it, 2 & 1.
Kelly’s second win of the day was a come-from-behind effort, too. The junior once again trailed by two holes early on. A three-hole winning streak in Holes 5-7 pulled Kelly ahead for good in what would end up being a 3 & 2 winner over Arnorsson.
Timko found himself in a similar situation against Minnesota, seeing Riley Johnson `2UP’ walking to the sixth tee. Just as Engle and Kelly did (twice), the senior Buckeye climbed back into contention and emerged victorious by round’s end. Timko buried a birdie on the 17th for the go-ahead hole. He would go on to halve the 18th and secure a `1UP’ win.
OHIO STATE MATCH RESULTS
7th Place Match – Minnesota 3, Ohio State 2 – Monday, Feb. 16
1 – No. 46 Jose Mendez (MINN) def. No. 75 Clark Engle (OSU), 1UP
2 – Jon DuToit (MINN) def. Grant Weaver (OSU), 1UP
3 – Boo Timko (OSU) def. Riley Johnson (MINN), 1UP
4 – Tee-k Kelly (OSU) def. Runar Arnorsson (MINN), 3 & 2
5 – William Leaf (MINN) def. Nick Sparling (OSU), 2 & 1
Consolation 1st Round – Purdue 3, Ohio State 2 – Monday, Feb. 16
1 – No. 75 Clark Engle (OSU) def. Austin Eoff (PU), 2 & 1
2 – Ben-Marvin Egel (PU) def. Grant Weaver (OSU), 2UP
3 – Stuart Macdonald (PU) def. Boo Timko (OSU), 4 & 3
4 – Tee-k Kelly (OSU) def. Fernando Barco (PU), 5 & 3
5 – Brian Carlson (PU) def. Logan Jones (OSU), 3 & 1
Quarterfinals – Michigan 3, Ohio State 2 – Sunday, Feb. 15
1 – Kyle Mueller (UM) def. No. 75 Clark Engle (OSU), 6 & 5
2 – Grant Weaver (OSU) def. Chris O’Neill (UM), 7 & 6
3 – Boo Timko (OSU) def. Reed Hrynewich (UM), 1UP
4 – Tom Swanson (UM) def. Tee-k Kelly (OSU), 4 & 3
5 – Andrew Yeager (UM) def. Nick Sparling (OSU), 2 & 1
Ohio State returns to stroke play at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Ariz., on the Desert Mountain Golf Club’s Outlaw Course (March 6-7).
