Buckeyes Card Lowest Final Round, Finish 2nd at Hamptons Inv.
10/3/2023 4:26:00 PM | Men's Golf
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Led by the two lowest individual final round scores, Ohio State carded an 11-uner 277 on Tuesday in the final round of the Hamptons Invitational at the Maidstone Club. That was the lowest round of the day by five shots, and it vaulted the Buckeyes into a runner-up finish.
The team finished at 21-under par and held the lead at one point on the final nine. But Alabama was able to make a couple of closing birdies and nipped the Buckeyes by two shots. Ohio State led the field with 63 total birdies over the 54 holes and Neal Shipley was second in the field with 18 birdies.
Maxwell Moldovan fired a bogey-free final round 66 to finish fourth at 8-under par. That was the lowest final round of anyone in the 66-player field. Shipley made seven birdies in his round of 5-under 67 which was the second-lowest round of the day behind Moldovan. Shipley finished at 5-under par and tied for fifth.
This was Shipley's fifth Top-5 finish as a Buckeye and it was his second Top 10 in as many events this season. For Moldovan, he pushes his school record to 42 career rounds in the 60s and this was the 14th Top-5 finish of his career.
Adam Wallin was the third Buckeye to finish in the Top 10 as he carded a final round 73 and finished at 4-under par and tied for seventh. Jackson Chandler shook off a tough second round on Monday and came back with a stellar 1-under 71 on Tuesday.
Jacob Tarkany played well over the first two rounds, helping put the Buckeyes in position for the final round. He would finish with a 77 on Tuesday. Tyler Sabo, who played as an individual this week, came in with an 84 in the final round.
The Buckeyes have finished second and fourth in their first two events of the season and have a cumulative score of 58-under par over the two tournaments. They will close fall by defending their title at The Cal Poly Collegiate at the Preserve Golf Club in California on Oct. 30-31.
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