Men’s golf stages comeback for first victory since 2009
The Dartmouth men’s golf team and the men’s and women’s rugby teams played convincingly this weekend, although some teams found more success than others in their weekend pushes toward the season finale. The golf team won the Big 5 Invitational, while the men’s rugby team continued its undefeated run in Ivy League play.The women’s rugby team narrowly lost to Princeton University.
MEN’S GOLF
Trailing Campbell University with only Peter Williamson ’12 and Joey Maziar ’14 left on the course, the Dartmouth golf team staged a massive comeback in Sunday’s action in the Big 5 Invitational at Plymouth Country Club in Philadelphia.
Williamson and Maziar approached the14th tee needing to make up several shots to regain the first-round lead it had built on Saturday. Williamson finished the final five holes two under par, while Maziar shot even par to clinch a six-shot victory for the Big Green.
Dartmouth ended Saturday’s play on the par 70 course at six over par, leading the University of Pennsylvania by four strokes and Campbell by six. Williamson and Maziar led the way with scores of 69 and a 70,titleist 910 d3placing them in second and fourth place, respectively. The Big Green finished strong to record its first tournament win since 2009 and its first away-from-home win in over a decade.
Dartmouth finished first of 22 teams, including six from the Ivy League — Penn, Harvard University, Princeton University, golf onlineYale University, Cornell University and Brown University. The Big Green followed up its score of 286 on Saturday with a 292 on Sunday, finishing with 578 overall, 18 over par.