Wright State golf: Raiders struggle but hope to get another shot next year
May 20—Wright State golfers normally never leave an NCAA regional feeling glum. Any season that ends with taking hacks beside the best teams in the nation is always considered a success. But their last-place showing among 13 teams at the Ohio State regional will be hard to shake — not so much for not making the top five to advance to the nationals, but fizzling with such an experienced team.
Shane Ochs made a run at grabbing the lone individual spot on a non-qualifying team for the NCAA championships. But the senior from Carroll could muster only a final-round 83 and tied for 41st. Junior Timmy Hollenbeck and senior Adam Horn also didn't have their A games consistently at the Scarlet course, which greeted the players with high winds the first two days and then turned into mush with heavy early rains Wednesday, May 20.
Hollenbeck shot 75-77-71 to go 10-over and tie for 27th, and Horn went 73-78-76 for 14-over and a tie for 45th. "It's just frustrating. I think they're capable of more.
I think they do, too. But deep down, I don't know," said coach Conner Lash, who has led the Raiders to four regional trips in his five years. "It's tough.
You're in college, and you're up against these guys who fly private here and have Trackmans and GCQuads (swing monitors) on the range. They have a lot of resources, and we're a smaller school. " Wright State finished 58-over.