Spring Break
GOLF: Cold weather hampers team
by Mike Prada
Editor in Chief
Sports | 4/8/08
Posted online at 1:51 AM EST on 4/8/08
Frigid temperatures and gusting winds did not provide optimal conditions for the golf team as it kicked off its spring season.
The Judges, struggling with the cold weather and heavy winds, finished seventh out of 11 teams with a two-day score of 673 at the Babson College Invitational last Sunday and Monday, three days after opening their spring season with a 16th-place finish out of 23 teams at the Lou Flumere Intercollegiate last Thursday.
The Judges were also set to compete at the Rhode Island College Invitational last Friday, but the event was cancelled due to inclement weather.
"The weather wasn't really conducive to low scores, but we probably could have played better than we did," Lee Bloom '09 said.
Salem State College won the Babson Invitational with a two-day score of 631.
Alex Botwick '08 posted the Judges' best score in both the Babson Invitational and the Lou Flumere Intercollegiate. He shot a five-over-par 77 Sunday before slipping to a nine-over-par 81 yesterday. His two-day total of 158 placed him among the top competitors at the event.
"The winning score was 150, so he was in the top six or eight players there," coach Bill Shipman said. "That was pretty impressive."
Botwick closed strong in his round Sunday.
On the 14th hole, Botwick avoided a damaging result by hitting a 50-foot putt, salvaging a bogey on the hole.
The shot proved to be a momentum-changer, as Botwick posted a one-under-par on the last four holes.
"That shot kind of kept me in a good rhythm," Botwick said. "It kept a good round going."
The struggles of the rest of the team relegated the Judges to their seventh-place finish. Charles Sacks '11 shot consecutive rounds of 12-over-par 84 to finish with a two-day total of 168, while Lee Bloom '10 shot an 14-over-par 86 yesterday to go along with his 11-over-par 83 Sunday.
On the sixth hole yesterday, Bloom chipped in a shot for a birdie, but he was unable to duplicate that success in the rest of the round.
The Judges, struggling with the cold weather and heavy winds, finished seventh out of 11 teams with a two-day score of 673 at the Babson College Invitational last Sunday and Monday, three days after opening their spring season with a 16th-place finish out of 23 teams at the Lou Flumere Intercollegiate last Thursday.
The Judges were also set to compete at the Rhode Island College Invitational last Friday, but the event was cancelled due to inclement weather.
"The weather wasn't really conducive to low scores, but we probably could have played better than we did," Lee Bloom '09 said.
Salem State College won the Babson Invitational with a two-day score of 631.
Alex Botwick '08 posted the Judges' best score in both the Babson Invitational and the Lou Flumere Intercollegiate. He shot a five-over-par 77 Sunday before slipping to a nine-over-par 81 yesterday. His two-day total of 158 placed him among the top competitors at the event.
"The winning score was 150, so he was in the top six or eight players there," coach Bill Shipman said. "That was pretty impressive."
Botwick closed strong in his round Sunday.
On the 14th hole, Botwick avoided a damaging result by hitting a 50-foot putt, salvaging a bogey on the hole.
The shot proved to be a momentum-changer, as Botwick posted a one-under-par on the last four holes.
"That shot kind of kept me in a good rhythm," Botwick said. "It kept a good round going."
The struggles of the rest of the team relegated the Judges to their seventh-place finish. Charles Sacks '11 shot consecutive rounds of 12-over-par 84 to finish with a two-day total of 168, while Lee Bloom '10 shot an 14-over-par 86 yesterday to go along with his 11-over-par 83 Sunday.
On the sixth hole yesterday, Bloom chipped in a shot for a birdie, but he was unable to duplicate that success in the rest of the round.
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