School record effort leads Men's Golf to third place finish at OAC Championships

April 26, 2026

WEST LAFAYETTE - The Ohio Northern men's golf team has finished 3rd at the OAC Championships despite a stellar, school-record 54-hole effort.

The Basics

Ohio Northern finished 3rd of eight teams, shooting a school record of 291-288-297—876.
ONU Season Record: 97-21-1.
Otterbein and Mount Union tied for first with 871s, while Marietta was 4th at 287-302-311—900. Mount Union won the team title after a two-stroke playoff.
Venue: River Greens G.C. - West Lafayette, Ohio.

ONU Individuals

Senior Bennett Christy (Plymouth, Ind.) tied for 3rd out of 40 golfers, shooting rounds of 72-72-74--218 on the 6,684-yard course.
Freshman Zach Butcher (Medina/Highland) also tied for 3rd place, firing scores of 75-70-73--218.
Junior Aashir Patel (Schaumburg, Ill./Conant) & sophomore Ian Briars (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) each finished tied for 9th place, with identical 73-73-75--221s.
Freshman Sam Cramer (Plain City/Alder) was tied for 20th, shooting 73-73-79--225.

Notables

Butcher and Christy, who each tied for 3rd place individually, have been named to the All-Tournament Team.
The 54-hole score of 876 broken the previous school record of 883 , set by the same five players at the Tiffin Fall Inv. earlier this season, by seven shots.
The 36-hole score of 579 through the first 2 days also broke the previous school record by 7 shots.
Saturday's team score of 288 is the third-best all-time in ONU men's golf history; The Day 1 18-hole score of 291 is the fourth-best.
The top 5 individual finishers and ties are named to the All-Tournament Team.
The team champion receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA III Championships, May 12-15 at Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
ONU head coach Chad Bucci is 523-425-17 in his 13th season at the helm of the men's program, a winning percentage of .542.

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