The Methodist men’s golf team made it a sweep with the team and individual titles at the 2022 NCAA Division III Championship on Friday.
The Monarchs finished 20 over to win by eight shots over Hampden-Sydney College in Howey-In-The-Hills, Florida. Huntingdon College and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps tied for third at 34 over. Emory was fifth at 40 over.
Methodist, a private school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, won its first title since 2018 and 13th team Div. III national championship overall. The school was runner-up in 2021.
Andre Chi of Methodist won medalist honors. He shot 73-70-70-70 over the four days to finish at 4 under, two better than Will Hocker of Webster. Chi is Methodist’s10th individual winner.
Nick Rubino of Hampden-Sydney and JF Aber of Wittenberg University finished tied for third at 1 under. Those four golfers were the only ones to finish under par among the 96 golfers in the championship.
