One of the best walk-offs in college golf history took place Sunday at Sahalee Country Club.
Washington senior Finn Koelle arrived at his final hole of the Sahalee Players Championship, the 214-yard, par-3 ninth, two shots off the individual lead. One swing with his 5-iron later and not only had Koelle holed the shot for a walk-off ace, but the hero strike tie him for the lead and would eventually, after the final groups finished their last few holes, give him the individual title by two shots over Oklahoma State’s Eric Lee.
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Koelle, who hails from Sulzfeld, Germany, finished the 54-hole event, the first of the Huskies’ season, at 7 under, capped by Sunday’s final-round, 6-under 66.
Washington finished third as a team at 26 over, two shots back of preseason No. 1 Florida. Oklahoma State took the team title by a whopping 28 shots as the Cowboys also got top-5s from its other two All-Americans, Preston Stout and Ethan Fang.
Koelle, last year’s Big Ten individual runner-up, is coming off a strong summer in which he tied for 30th at the DP World Tour’s BMW International Open and reached the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur.