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2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

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Ben Cors

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wooster, Ohio
  • Highschool Walsh Jesuit

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)
• Saw action in 29 rounds over 10 events
• First on the team with 11 rounds at or below par
• Was third on the team with a 73.76 stroke average
• Claimed medalist honors at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship, highlighted by a career-low round of 66 (-6) during the second round
• Represented UD at the NCAA Urbana Regional May 12-14
• Earned the team's Coach's Award
• Named to the 2024-25 A-10 All-Academic Team
• Named a 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar
• Won the 2025 Dayton Metropolitan Championship, after setting a new tournament record of -23, and qualified for the 2025  U.S. Amateur Championship at The Olympic Club on August 11-17
• Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll


2023-24 (Junior)
• Competed in all 10 events, seeing action in 30 rounds during his junior year
• Posted a 74.13 scoring average, ranking second on the team
• Recorded back-to-back season-low rounds of 69 at the Marshall Joe Feaganes Invitational to finish in a tie for seventh place
• Was part of the five-man team that competed at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championship
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022-23 (Sophomore)
• Competed in 33 rounds over 11 events
• Was second on the team with a 73.97 scoring average
• Carded a career-low round of four-under-par 68 on the first 18 of the 2023 A-10 Championship and finished in a tie for 17th
• Recorded six par/- rounds
• Turned in his top finish of the season at the Wexford Intercollegiate, tying for eighth place
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Named a 2022-23 GCAA DI All-America Scholar

2021-22 (Freshman)
• Saw action in 13 rounds over five events during his first season as a Flyer
• Posted a 74.15 scoring average
• Named A-10 Rookie of the Week Oct. 8
• Tied for 10th place at the 2022 A-10 Championship
• Carded a season-low round of two-under-par 70 in the second round of the conference tourney
• Named to the 2021-22 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School
• Earned four varsity letters at Walsh Jesuit under head coach Bill Reilly
• Ranked No. 4 in Ohio in his class according to Junior Golf Scoreboard
• Three-time state qualifier
• Named All-Ohio in 2019 and 2020
• Finished in second place at the 2020 Ohio Junior with rounds of 69 and 67
• Recorded 16 medalist finishes over his four years at Walsh

Personal
• Full name: Benjamin Leslie Cors
• Parents: Elizabeth and Brad Cors
• Sibling: Annie
• Major: Finance
 
Season Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round Best Finish
2024-25 29 2,139 73.76 66 1st
2023-24 30 2,224 74.13 69 t-7th
2022-23 33 2,441 73.97 68 t-8th
2021-22 13 964 74.15 70 t-10th
Career 105 7,768 73.98 66 1st

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'11"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'11"