Kats golf team fourth at Thruway Classic
The Erie Community College men’s golf team finished fourth at the First Annual Roberts Wesleyan Thruway Classic held October 3 at Stafford Country Club.
The tournament, reduced to an 18-hole event due to rain on Friday, featured six squads.
Erie shot a 324 to finish 12 shots behind Daemen College who finished at 312 on the par 72 layout. The team did finish just four shots behind runner-up SUNY-Delhi who shot 320.
Jim Merriman (South Wales/East Aurora) led the team with a 79 to tie for fourth place. Kyle Harman (Orchard Park/Orchard Park) finished tied for sixth with an 80 and Alex Godfrey (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda) tied for ninth with an 81.
Rounding out the Erie team was Blake Ihrig (Fredonia/Fredonia) with 84 and Ryan Winkowski (Lancaster/Lancaster) with 89.
Team results: Daemen College-312, 2. SUNY-Delhi- 320, 3. Roberts Wesleyan “A”- 323, 4. Erie- 324, 5. SUNY-Delhi “B”- 378, 6. Roberts Wesleyan “B”- 399.