Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship

Course Insight

The Scarlet Course at Ohio State University Golf Club has an impressive pedigree. It was built from plans by the renowned Alister MacKenzie, with Perry Maxwell overseeing construction after MacKenzie’s death, and then redesigned by Ohio State alum Jack Nicklaus in 2005. Nicklaus concentrated on restoring the course to the way MacKenzie originally intended it to play, while lengthening it to more than 7,400 yards. The hardest hole, the 473-yard 11th, is typical of the strategy involved at the Scarlet Course. The trouble off the tee is to the left, but a tee shot favoring the right side leaves a tougher approach to an angled green.

How Andrew Loupe Won 2015

Andrew Loupe began the final round three strokes behind, but with the Ohio State Scarlet Course playing tough, a closing 1-under 70 earned him a two-stroke victory with a 279 total. The long-hitting Loupe had three birdies and three bogeys on the front nine, then locked up the title by going without a bogey on the back nine while getting a birdie on the 14th. Third-round leader Roberto Castro, meanwhile, was 3-over on the back nine for a 75 and a tie for second at 281 with Tom Hoge (69) and Bronson Burgoon (70). The 26-year-old Loupe was the only player with all four rounds par or better; he opened with 71-70-68. • Loupe’s winning total of 5-under was the highest relative to par on the Web.com Tour since Edward Loar won the 2012 Panama Claro Championship at 4-under.