Final Results (PDF)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ohio—The Otterbein University men's golf team won its 17th Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) championship, a four-round tournament which concluded Sunday at River Greens in West Lafayette.
 
With the win, the Cardinals earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships scheduled for May 12-15 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C. Otterbein will be making its 18th appearance in the NCAA's.
 
The Cardinals won the tournament by 14 strokes over Capital University, who finished second in the field of eight teams. All five Cardinal players finished in the top 11 with four earning All-OAC honors by finishing in the top 10. Head coach Brian Booher, just in his first season coaching the men's team, was selected "coach of the year".
 
Otterbein proved consistent throughout the three days of the tournament, shooting rounds of 297, 297, 299 and 295.
 
Adam Crider and Luke Kindelin led the Cards, each finishing in a tie for second place with identical 297's. Crider shot a 1-under-par 71 in Sunday's final round, which followed rounds of 74, 79 and 73. Kindelin shot rounds of 74, 75, 74 and 74.
 
David Monaco, who shot a 3-under par 69 in the second round, finished with a share of sixth place. Monaco shot rounds of 76, 69, 74 and 82. Austin Wells finished eighth with a 303 (73-80-78-72) and Kris Clark took a share of 11th with a 308 (78-74-78-78).
 
Crider, Kindelin, Monaco and Wells each earned All-OAC honors.