Ohio State golfer ends up as low amateur at the U.S. Open

The Ohio State golf team had two representatives at the U.S. Open. This is after they ended up playing for a surprising national championship and came up just short. After that disappointment, both of these Buckeyes were hoping for a good showing in the third major of the year.

Maxwell Moldovan was one of the Buckeyes who was out there at Pinehurst No 2. He was playing in his first pro event after having turned pro following Ohio State's bid for the national championship. Unfortunately, he ended up missing the cut and didn't play the weekend.

Neal Shipley was the other Ohio State golfer who was out there. He ended up playing pretty well as an amateur. He finished the tournament as the low amateur and won the silver medal for doing so. Shipley was also the low amateur at the Masters. Very few golfers have done both.

In fact, the last player to do it was Viktor Hovland back in 2019. Another former Ohio State golfer did this as well, and that was Jack Nicklaus. Anytime you've done something that Nicklaus has done, you're doing something right. He might be the greatest golfer of all time.

Shipley has done a very good job of playing in some of the best events in the world. He will now turn pro now that the U.S. Open is finished. Now, the task gets a lot harder. He has to find a way to win some pro events and do better than just making the cut at majors.

The Ohio State golf team won't be quite as good next year as they have been with both Shipley and Moldovan on the team. That's to be expected. It is nice for the program to produce two guys who are good enough to play pro golf though.