Men's Golf Third at Yale Spring Opener
Pictured: Mark Pollak
By Connor Wentzell '12
On Saturday, April 3rd, the Harvard Men’s Golf
Team traveled to New Haven, Conn. to play their first tournament of
the spring. The Yale Spring Opener has been shortened
to a one-day, 36-hole event held at the Yale Golf Course,
designed by Seth Raynor in 1924.
The team was excited to start the spring season and hoped to extend their success of the past two years at the Spring Opener with a third straight team win. The course, softened by a week of rain, was expected to produce low rounds, but difficult greens prevented any competitor from besting par.
The Crimson’s Mark Pollak ‘12, Danny Mayer ‘10, and Connor Wentzell ’12 fired 74 and Greg Shuman ’10 shot 75 in the morning to post a team score of 297. Tony Grillo ’12 rounded out the squad with a well-fought 77, while individual Louis Amira ‘11 played well to score 73. The team. sitting in 3rd place after the first round, one shot behind Skidmore and 9 shots behind the host Bulldogs, were poised to make a charge in the afternoon round.
The Crimson improved their team total in the afternoon round, finishing with 295 to produce a final score of 592. Mark Pollak ’12 led Harvard in the afternoon with 72, while Tony Grillo ’12 shot 73, Greg Shuman ’10 shot 74, and Connor Wentzell ’12 rounded out the squad with 76. Danny Mayer ’10 broke 80 while individual Louis Amira was unable to continue his success and finished the day with a second round 77. The Crimson ended up 10 strokes behind the first place Yale Bulldogs. Although they were unable to win their third straight Yale Spring Opener, the Crimson are prepared to travel to Princeton next weekend and continue their traditional spring success.
Yale Mens Spring Opener
Par: 69
Yardage: 6597
Fin Team Scores
1 Yale University 288 294 582 +30
2 Central Connecticut 297 286 583 +31
3 Harvard University 297 295 592 +40
4 Sacred Heart Univ. 298 301 599 +47
5 Dartmouth College 303 297 600 +48
6 Skidmore College 295 306 601 +49
7 Hartford, Univ. of 303 299 602 +50
8 Holy Cross, Coll. of 308 305 613 +61
9 Fordham University 303 311 614 +62
10 Trinity College (CT) 313 310 623 +71
11 YALE II 305 321 626 +74
12 Bentley University 325 315 640 +88
Fin Name School Scores
7 Mark Pollak Harvard 74 72 146 +8
16 Greg Shuman Harvard 75 74 149 +11
Tony Grillo Harvard 77 73 150 +12
Connor Wentzell Harvard 74 76 150 +12
Louis Amira Harvard 73 77 150 +12
Danny Mayer Harvard 74 79 153 +15
