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Lakota East graduate Joe Wilson IV wins 2025 Ohio Amateur Golf Championship
Four years after winning the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I golf state championship as a Lakota East senior, Joe Wilson IV won the Ohio Golf Association's 2025 Ohio Amateur Championship July 18.
Wilson IV, now a golfer at Ohio State, shot a 15-under par 273 across four rounds at Zanesville Country Club for the crown.
Wilson beat by one stroke Jordan Gilkison and T.J. Kreusch. Gilkison golfed for Kent State and was the 2020 OHSAA Division I golf state champion for Springboro a year before Wilson won his state title.
Kreusch graduated from Alter in the spring after leading the Knights to three-straight OHSAA Division II team state championships and also finishing as individual runner-up as a sophomore in 2022.
Wilson was 13-under par and led Kreusch by four strokes after the second round. Wilson fell behind after a 74 in the third round, leaving him tied for second by a stroke behind Kreusch.
In the final round, Wilson shot a 68 while Kreusch managed a 70. Gilkison also had a 68 in the final round to finish in the second-place tie.
After missing his sophomore season at Ohio State after hip and abdomen surgery, Wilson returned this past season for the Buckeyes. He finished the season by finishing in third at the National Golf Invitational, leading Ohio State to the team title.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Lakota East grad, Ohio State golfer Joe Wilson IV wins Ohio Amateur
