Westfall joins Dan Schuler and Josh Sine as the only winners of four straight. Next summer Westfall could try to join them as the only winners of a tournament-record five straight.
“It definitely means a lot to win it again, moving higher and higher up on the list with a lot of the great players who have won the tournament,” said Westfall, a Mechanicsburg High School grad. “It’s nice to see my name move up on that all-time leaderboard.”
Westfall opened last weekend with rounds of 66 on the South Course and 69 on the North and finished with a 205 total. Avery Green, the 2018 champion, shot 76 Saturday, and finished second at 215. Rounding out the top five were Andy Bonar (223), Kyle Glaser (227) and Shane Meek (228).
Westfall made some key putts and chipped close a couple times Saturday.
“I didn’t play the greatest, but I I scored the golf ball and managed my way around the golf course really well, which I think helped a lot,” Westfall said. “Everything was relatively, I guess, average yesterday, but the putting definitely came back to bail me out.”
Westfall feels good about his summer so far. He finished second at a Columbus area tournament and has qualified for the upcoming Ohio Amateur. He is playing in the 99th annual Men’s Metropolitan Championship starting Thursday at Country Club of the North.
Westfall will then get ready for a fifth season of college golf at Findlay made possible by the NCAA granting an extra year of eligibility because of the COVID-19 year. He graduated this past spring with degrees in business management and finance and has already begun work toward his MBA, which he expects to complete next spring.
Westfall wants to work in either golf or wealth management. He will also use the next six to 12 months to determine if wants to try to play professionally.
“That’s kind of the golden question,” he said. “It kind of depends on if I can find sponsors because obviously it takes a lot of money. I definitely feel like since my injury I’ve gotten back to, if not farther ahead of, where I was before I got injured. It’s just a matter of seeing how my game shapes up against everybody else and seeing if it’s justifiable to try it.”
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