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WSU Golf Wins Its Fourth Straight Tournament

WSU Men's Golf 2019 Horizon League Champions

WSU Men’s Golf 2019 Horizon League Champions | Wright State University Athletics


This season has been nothing short of dominant for Wright State University (WSU) Golf, as they recently won their fourth straight tournament title to close out the fall season.

Overall season

The team’s results so far this year in their four tournaments is second out of 15, first out of 13, first out of 12, first out of 15 and first out of nine. The team beat 59 teams and only lost to one.

The future looks good for the team’s future matches and the Horizon League Championships in the spring.

“The team right now is just loaded with talent,” Head Coach Conner Lash said. “The sky’s the limit for these guys, they’re that good.”

No individual in team

While golf is normally seen as more of an individual sport, the team aspect is just as important as any other sport for Lash.

“When you have a team atmosphere, you’re constantly pushing one another,” Lash said. “If you constantly have those guys that push each other to be the best they can be and not let each other down, I think the team atmosphere is really where that comes into play.”

This strategy seems to work for the team as they have won nearly all their tournaments. 

“We just go out, do our thing, take care of business and tear it up at the end,” Tyler Goecke, a junior on the team, said. “And more times than not, we come out on top.”

At Ball State, their first win, the team was up by over 30 strokes in the final nine holes. They kept going strong, finishing out the tournament 38 strokes ahead where the second and fourth place teams were only separated by two.

“We knew we weren’t going to lose, but our guys were trying to beat each other,” Lash said. “They have that kind of killer mentality where they’re never satisfied.” 

Consistently good

Staying consistently strong is where WSU differs from other teams.

Their first few tournaments took place within eight days of one another, but their recent win at Georgia State showed that the team was still on fire after a break from tournament play.

“Any golfer anywhere can get hot for 18 or 36 holes, but for us to all do it week in and week out for three rounds is just spectacular,” Goecke said.

In the spring season for golf, WSU will be the clear favorites as the team still has more room to grow.

“They’re just starting to know how good they are,” Lash said. “I’m just really proud of them right now and I hope we can keep it going.”


Noah Kindig

Sports Reporter

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