Wisconsin sophomore Dan Woltman had a strong final round Tuesday morning, shooting a 67 and finishing first overall in the two day VCU/Mattaponi Springs Shootout at Mattaponi Springs Golf Club in Ruther Glen, Va. Wisconsin, as a team, finished fifth overall out of 15 competing universities from around the country.
The 54-hole tournament consisted of three 18-hole rounds. Woltman, who led both of the first two rounds with a 65 and 70, held on Monday, Sept. 25, finished the day tied for first place with Kent State's Marc Bourgeois. Both men had a total score of 135, nine under par, coming into the final round Tuesday morning.
Woltman shot a 67 in the final round, giving him a total score of 202 and a first place finish, just three stokes ahead of Bourgeois who finished in second place with a 205. This gave Woltman his first win in a collegiate tournament and the second lowest 54-hole score in Wisconsin history, just two strokes more than Wisconsin alumnus Ben Walter, who shot a 200 (65-65-70) at the 1994 Big Ten Championships.
Another top-10 finisher, Wisconsin senior Garrett Jones, placed eighth by shooting six-under par and a total score of 210 (71-69-70). This tied his best season individual total. Jones was nine under par with four holes to play but suffered through a triple bogey on the 15th hole.
Wisconsin junior Jeff Kaiser finished tied for 30th place with a 220 (72-73-75), and sophomore Tyler Obermueller shot a 226 (78-74-74) and tied for 51st place. Sophomore Patrick Duffy rounded off the Wisconsin scores by tying for 62nd place after accumulating a score of 229 (79-73-77). There were a total of 78 golfers who individually competed in this tournament.
With a team total of 857, seven under par, Wisconsin finished in fifth place, ending their two-tournament winning streak. Placing ahead of Wisconsin was Penn State University and the University of Louisville, both finishing tied for first with a team total of 851, thirteen under par. Charlotte took third place scoring 853 and Indiana University finished in fourth with 854.
The Badgers will be playing in the Memphis Intercollegiate Golf Tournament held in Memphis, Tennessee Oct. 2-3, where they will look to improve upon their already impressive season. It is their last tournament before the Pac-10/Big 10 Triangular, which starts on Oct. 23 in Brandon, Ore.
—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.
