PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men’s golf team finishes the fall schedule on Monday, Oct. 20 and Tuesday Oct. 21, at the Crusader Invitational at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Mass.
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The two round stroke play tournament will play out over Monday and Tuesday with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. each day. The field includes 10 other schools: Binghamton University, Bryant University, Fordham University, Hartford University, College of the Holy Cross, Le Moyne College, Merrimack College, New Haven University, Siena College and UMass Amherst.
Worcester Country club is one of only eight golf clubs to have hosted the men’s national championship (1925 U.S. Open) and the women’s national championship (1960 U.S. Open). As the site of the inaugural Ryder Cup in 1927, Worcester Country Club is one of three golf clubs in the country to host the premier men’s, the premier women’s and the premier international golf tournaments. The par 70 course ranges 6,711 yards from the tips.
In the most recent tournament, Providence finished fifth in the 12-team field with a score of 862 (-2) at the Bash in the Boro in Statesboro, Ga. Junior Joe Halferty (Blue Bell, Pa.) led the Friars, posting a 214 (-2) to place tied for 16th. In round three of the tournament, freshman Will Spring (Concord, Mass.) recorded the lowest round by any Providence player this year with a six-under 66, posting seven birdies. Spring finished tied for 20th.
At the UConn Invitational on Sept. 30, the Friars finished 10th. Freshman Callan Fahey (Wheaton, Ill.) led the Friars, posting a 221 (+5) to tie for 23rd. Fahey opened the tournament with a one-under 71, going bogey-free on the back nine with three birdies to card a 33. The freshman recorded eight birdies across 54 holes.
On Sept. 23, Providence completed the two-day Ryan T. Lee Memorial at Wethersfield Country Club. The Friars tied for sixth in the 15-team field with a score of 582 (+14). Junior Campbell Skelly (Charleston, S.C.) led the way, finishing tied for fifth overall at 141 (-1). Juniors Evan Buddenhagen (Gloucester, Mass.) and Joe Halferty (Blue Bell, Pa.), along with Fahey, all tied for 21st.
The Friars opened the season at the Sacred Heart Fall Classic on Sept. 8-9, placing eighth in the 13-team field with a score of 918 (+54). Fahey led Providence with a 10th-place finish at 221 (+5) in the 80-player field.
Providence’s lineup for Monday is:
Campbell Skelly
Callan Fahey
Joe Halferty
Will Spring
Evan Buddenhagen
Liam O’Grady (Ind.)
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– GO FRIARS! –
