SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Asked if lag putting was a strength of his, Ohio State senior Neal Shipley could barely get a word in before his teammates interrupted. “Nope! Nope! Nope!” a few Buckeyes shouted, before Shipley confessed. “Absolutely not,” Shipley said. “By far the weakest part of my game.” To which senior Maxwell Moldovan chimed in, “It was there when it mattered, though.” That it was. After birdieing three straight holes, including a pair of 25-foot makes at Nos. 7 and 8, Shipley stepped up to the tee at Grayhawk’s par-4 ninth hole and promptly spun a drive into the desert. He took an unplayable and then hit his third shot to about 50 feet. Ahead of Shipley, Moldovan had gotten a 40-footer to drop for birdie that temporarily pushed the Buckeyes, six shots out of the top 15 to start Sunday’s third round of the NCAA Championship, to 25…
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