Golf
Ohio State falls to Auburn in dramatic NCAA men’s golf semifinal
The Ohio State men’s golf team lost to top-ranked Auburn in dramatic fashion on Tuesday in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, California. The Tigers will face Florida State in the championship on Wednesday.
The seventh-seeded Buckeyes got 1-up wins in the best-of-five match-play format from Maxwell Moldovan and Tyler Sabo, and OSU’s Neal Shipley and Jackson Chandler lost close matches.
That brought the decision to OSU’s Adam Wallin vs. Southeastern Conference Player of the Year Jackson Koivun. They were tied through 20 holes, and Koivun birdied the third extra hole − the par-5 18th − to send the Tigers to the championship.
In a quarterfinal earlier in the day, Ohio State defeated Vanderbilt with wins by Shipley, Chandler and Wallin. Vanderbilt was seeded No. 2.