Washington, out of the Pac-12, flew across the country and cruised
past host Wake Forest for the team title in the Old Town Club Collegiate, which
concluded Tuesday at the Old Town Club in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Huskies were led by individual champion Noah Woolsey, a
junior from Pleasanton, Calif. who ripped off a final round of 7-under 63 to
edge Wake Forest’s Marco Steyn, a junior from South Africa by a shot. Woolsey
had fired a pair of 4-under 66s in Monday’s double round and the sizzling final
round gave him a 15-under 195 total.
The Huskies took control of the tournament with a
scintillating 14-under 266 in Monday afternoon’s second round after opening
with an 8-under 272. Led by Woolsey’s final-round 63, Washington closed with a
4-under 276 for a 30-under 810 total.
Atlantic Coast Conference power Wake Forest had jumped out
to the lead with a 12-under 268 in Monday morning’s opening round before
falling behind Washington with a 6-under 274 in Monday afternoon’s second
round. A final round of 3-under 277 on an Old Town Club layout that was playing
quite a bit tougher in windy conditions Tuesday left the Demon Deacons nine
shots behind Washington at 21-under 819.
Wake Forest had opened the season by capturing the team
title in ACC rival Duke’s Rod Myers Invitational.
It was another nine shots back to the ACC’s Louisville and
the Southeastern Conference’s West Virginia, which shared third place at
12-under 828. The Cardinals surged into contention with a 12-under 268 in the
second round before falling back in the final round with a 3-over 283. The
Mountaineers opened with solid rounds of 6-under 274 and 7-under 273 in
Monday’s double round before closing with a 1-over 281.
Penn State trailed opening-round leader Wake Forest by just
a shot with an opening round of 11-under 269, which tied the program record for
lowest 18-hole score. But the Nittany Lions, out of the Big Ten, fell back with
a 6-over 286 in Monday afternoon’s second round before righting the ship in
Tuesday’s final round with a 1-under 279 that left them with a solid
fifth-place finish in the 13-team field at 6-under 874.
Backing up Woolsey for Washington was Henry Lee, a senior
from Canada, who finished alone in fifth place in the individual standings at
9-under 201. Lee opened with a 3-under 67 and contributed a 7-under 63 of his
own to the Huskies’ decisive second-round surge before cooling off with a final
round of 1-over 71.
Bo Peng, a freshman from China, gave the Huskies three
players inside the top 20 as his 1-under 209 total left him in the group tied
for 20th place. After opening with a 1-over 71, Peng carded a pair
of 1-under 69s.
Jan Schneider, a junior from Germany, was another shot
behind Peng among the group tied for 28th place at even-par 210.
Schneider fired a pair of 2-under 68s in Monday’s double round before closing
with a 74.
Rounding out the Washington lineup was Paul Margolis, a
sophomore from France who ended up in the group tied for 46th at
4-over 214 after contributing a solid 1-under 69 in the final round.
Wake Forest’s Steyn had grabbed the individual lead at the
end of Monday’s double round as he followed up his opening round of 66 with a
sparkling 7-under 63 that left him at 11-under 129. A final round of 3-under 67
left him a shot behind Washington’s Woolsey in second place at 14-under 196.
East Carolina’s Blake Taylor opened with a program-record
round of 7-under 63 before adding a 67 as he shared second place at the end of
Monday’s double round with Washington’s Lee at 10-under 130. A final round of
1-under 69 left him alone in third place at 11-under 199.
Wake Forest’s Eugenio Chacarra, a sophomore from Spain
competing as an individual, made a pretty strong case for a spot in the Demon
Deacons’ starting lineup as he finished alone in fourth place at 10-under 200.
Chacarra opened with a 6-under 64 and added a 67 before closing with a 69.
Finishing alone in sixth place, two shots behind
Washington’s Lee at 7-under 203, was West Virginia’s Etienne Papineau, a senior
from Canada. After matching par in the opening round with a 70, Papineau ripped
off rounds of 68 and 65.
Louisville’s Matthias Schmid, a junior from Germany, shared
seventh place with Cincinnati’s Clay Amlung, a junior from Louisville, Ky., at
6-under 204.
Schmid shared second place in the NCAA Louisville Regional
last spring and earned a spot in the Open Championship at Royal Portrush this
summer. He fired rounds of 67 and 66 in Monday’s double round before cooling
off with a final-round 71.
Amlung was right with Schmid with rounds of 66 and 67 Monday
before closing with a 71.
Leading the way for Penn State was Ryan Davis, a senior from
Berkeley Heights, N.J. who added a final-round 70 to the solid rounds of 68 and
69 he registered in Monday’s double round to finish alone in 15th
place at 3-under 207.
Junior Lukas Clark, a Council Rock South product, started
fast with a 3-under 67, fell back with a 3-over 73 and closed with a 4-under 68
to finish a shot behind Davis in a group tied for 16th place at
2-under 208.
Davis’ fellow senior, Alec Bard of New Hartford, N.Y.,
matched Clark’s 67-73 start in Monday’s double round and closed with a 1-under
69 to join the group tied for 20th at 1-under 209. It was an
encouraging showing for the two seniors, both of whom had struggled in Penn
State’s trip to Durham, N.C. for the Rod Myers Invitational.
Junior Louis Olsakovsky, who starred scholastically at Upper
St. Clair, was the third Penn State player to contribute a 3-under 67 to the
Nittany Lions’ program-record tying opening round. He added rounds of 73 and 72
to end up in the group tied for 35th at 2-over 212.
James McHugh, a junior from Rye, N.Y., started slowly with a
5-over 75 before adding rounds of 71 and 72 to finish among the group tied for
64th place at 8-over 218.
Loyola Maryland, which finished in 11th place
with an 8-over 848 total, was led by junior Evan Brown, one of the Ches-Mont
League’s top players when he was at Kennett. Brown, who had had a strong spring
for the Greyhounds and finished in a tie for eighth in the Pennsylvania Amateur
at Aronimink Golf Club this summer, sandwiched a 69 in the second round with a
pair of 2-under 68s to finish in the group tied for ninth place at 5-under 205.
An interesting name popped up on the East Carolina roster,
although he wasn’t with the Pirates for the Old Town Club Collegiate. Jake
Calamaro, a freshman on Radnor’s 2015 PIAA Class AAA championship team, has
surfaced at East Carolina.
Calamaro’s family moved to the Atlanta area, Johns Creek,
Ga., to be specific, following his sophomore season at Radnor. According to the
East Carolina bio on the left-hander, the younger brother of 2009 PIAA girls
champion Jackie Calamaro, played on two more state championship teams in
Georgia with Johns Creek High School in 2018 and 2019.
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