Get Herald RSSThe men's golf team placed sixth out of 13 teams at the New England Division I Golf Championships last weekend. The tournament, held at the par-72 Triggs Golf Course in Providence, took place on Saturday and Sunday. After two rounds of golf, the Bears shot a total score of 607, just one stroke behind Dartmouth. Yale won the tournament with a score of 583.
"As a team we made a little bit of progress, but there's still stuff to improve on, which we're working on this week," said Chris Hoffman '09.
First Team All-Ivy Larry Haertel '08, who won this event last year, led the team with a 10th place finish with solid scores of 75 and 74 over the two days. Hoffman finished close behind at 17th. After shooting one-over par 73, the best round for the Bears for the weekend, on the first day, Hoffman sat in seventh place. But he struggled to maintain his momentum on day two and dropped down in the rankings with a 78.
John Giannuzzi '10 shot an 80 during the first round of play, but came back the next day and dropped his score to 76. Michael Amato '11 was more consistent, shooting 77 and 79 over the two days. With a two-day total of 156 the two tied for 27th place.
Conor Malloy '09 also struggled to find his rhythm on day one. He shot an 85, putting him at the bottom of the Bears' pack. But Malloy came back and stayed even with Haertel on day two, shooting the second best round of the tournament for the Bears with a 74.
After the disappointing performance on Saturday, "Conor grinded it out to play well in the second round," Hoffman said.
"I was happy with the way I played on Sunday, good to have that to build some confidence," Malloy said.
Next weekend the Bears will head to the Galloway National Golf Club, N.J., for the Ivy League Championships. The men finished second last year but will have to be on the top of their game this weekend as Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth all finished ahead of Bruno last weekend.
"Other Ivies that were there played solid, we know that we are going to have to play well at Ivies," Conor said.
The team will be practicing all week to work on the kinks in hopes of getting the best result possible.
"We are happy to have decent weather (for practice), and we're using it the fullest, working hard every day," Hoffman said.
