The Ohio State University Men’s Golf Team ended their season at the NCAA Men’s National Championship with a loss in the semifinal match to the No. 1 ranked Auburn Tigers. Ohio State qualified for the match play segment by finishing seventh after four rounds of stroke play, BIG Ten Runner-up, Illinois won the stroke play portion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Georgia Tech. OSU defeated Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals before meeting Auburn, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, in the semifinals. Their semifinal match could not have been any closer. OSU won two matches on the 18th hole 1 up. Auburn won two matches 1 up and 2 & 1. The fifth and deciding match, between OSU’s Adam Wallin and Auburn’s Jackson Koivun, was not decided until the 21st hole. The Buckeyes got wins from Max Moldovan and Tyler Sabo. Jackson Chandler and Neal Shipley both lost close matches to their Auburn counterparts. After defeating the Buckeyes, Auburn went on to defeat Florida State in the final match to win the 2024 NCAA Men’s Division I title. To qualify for the NCAA Men’s Division 1 National Championship, at Omni La Costa Resort, in Southern California, the Bucks finished fourth at the Baton Rouge Regional, where Auburn finished first, 21 shots better than Ohio State. Adam Wallin had led the team in the stroke play portion of the National Championship and was the 54-hole leader, but had to settle for a tie for eighth, oneunder par for the week, just two shots behind the winner. Congratulations to Head Coach, Jay Mosely, his staff and the Buckeye golfers for a job well done. Buckeyes Make It To NCAA Semis Ohio Golf Journal
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