Results Round-up: October 9, 2024

It might feel to you like you’re not playing as much golf as you would like. But rest assured, there are a bunch of players out there competing their faces off at some incredible venues.

Before we get into results, the Tri-State Matches between Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are happening these next two weeks.

On the women’s side, the Endicott Cup and Tri-State Matches are going on at Woods Hole this week from Oct. 8-10. 73 women play 36 holes on Oct. 8 and 9. The top 7 players from each state compete in the Tri-State Matches on Thursday, Oct. 10.

The Men’s Tri-State Matches are Oct. 15-16. Those teams are picked based on summer performance. They will play at Worcester CC.

Send along any stories or results, and I’ll add them to the log for the next Results Round-Up. Trophy shots are always welcome, too! [email protected].

College Results

• UConn Invitational at GreatHorse: The University of Rhode Island conquered at GreatHorse over a 13-team field by ten shots over host UCONN.

  

  Husky Ray Dennehy (Princeton, Mass.) shot 68-71-74 (-3) and finished runner-up on the individual side one shot behind Peicheng Chen from St. John’s. Two other Bay Staters finished in the top 10: URI’s Aidan O’Donovan (Somerville, Mass.) finished T6, and Holy Cross’ Matt Williams (Hingham, Mass.) finished T9. Results.

• John Broderick finishes strong for Vanderbilt: In the Ben Hogan Invitational, Broderick shot 67 in the final round at Colonial CC in Texas. He jumped 28 spots to finish T25. That performance helped Vanderbilt (now a football school…) finish in sixth place after starting the final day in 10th place. Results.

• Hamptons Invitational: Harvard finished 8th out at Maidstone Club (oh, to be a college golfer…). Jeff Feng led the Crimson with a ninth-place finish. The cadre of Bay Staters who play for Georgetown finished 10th. In fact, four of the five players Georgetown brought to the Hamptons are from Weston. Alan Rose led the way for the Hoyas with a 34th-place finish. CJ Winchenbaugh (44th), Max Hutter (54th), and Jacob Finard (63th) round out the Bay Staters. Results.

• Joey Lenane loses ground in final round: At Trinity Forest (once again… oh, to be a college golfer), Lenane led the NC State Wolfpack with a 19th-place finish. He shot 66-71-73. His bogey-free 66 had him sleeping on the lead, but his final two rounds saw him fall to seventh and then 19th place. NC State finished in 12th place. Results.

• UAlbany Great Danes Invitational: Christy Chen is no stranger to winning. The BU senior earned medalist honors after rounds of 71-74 and helped the Terriers finish second as a team. Merrimack, playing in Division 1 for the third year after moving up, had a strong fourth-place showing. Ava Lucas finished third, and first-year Jillian Johnson (Hingham, Mass.) finished 11th. Results.

• Morgan Smith and Molly Smith impress in Illini Invitational: The only player that beat Morgan Smith at Medinah was Anna Davis, who is the 13th-ranked women’s amateur in the world and the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion. Smith shot 71-69-66. The only person that beat Molly Smith was Anna Davis and Molly’s sister. Molly shot 70-69-68 to finish in T3. Molly Smith’s team, UCF, finished fourth; Georgia finished in eighth place.

Quick Hits

• Jack O’Donnell (Cohasset, Mass.) finished T59 in the rain-shortened Virtues Intercollegiate. The Wolverines won the team competition... First-year Emil Nielsen (Wellesley, Mass.) finished T44 for Santa Clara in The Tucker… Western Kentucky’s Trevor Drew played in the Cullen Brown… Liam Gill competed as an individual for Seattle U in the Oregon State Invitational…The Harvard men finished fourth in the Columbia Invitational… Holy Cross women finished 10th in the Navy Fall Invitational. Stonehill finished third in the Red Flash Invitational. Carol Pignato (Foxborough, Mass.) finished in third with rounds of 78-75…

  Liam Gill (Wayland, Mass.) shot 70-69-73 for the Seattle Redhawks in the Oregon State Invitational playing as an individual…. Boston University finished sixth, and Harvard came in seventh in the Women’s Princeton Invitational… Holy Cross’ Owen Egan (Winchester, Mass.) fired rounds of 73-71 (+4) to finish fourth in the Red Flash Invitational at Sunnehanna CC. The Crusaders finished fourth as a team.

• Matt Parziale and Nick Maccario win at Oak Hill: Rounds of 64-69-69 delivered the duo a five-shot win in the John R. Williams Four-Ball. It’s one of the most coveted four-ball invites around with a very strong field. George Zolotas (Danvers, Mass.) and Steve Calmi (New York, New York) finished fourth with rounds of 68-68-72. Patrick Frodigh (Boston, Mass.) and Danny Frodigh (Boston, Mass.) shot 67-72-72 to finish ninth. Results and Recap.

• Thorbjornsen gets top ten at Sanderson Farms: Rounds of 63-69-69-68 helped Michael Thornbjornsen finish T8 (-19). After his Thursday round, he reflected on his somewhat disappointing summer.

Team Golf in Massachusetts: MassGolf has some cool team matches that culminate this fall. Acushnet River Valley won the Women’s Fall Cup Challenge this past week at Wedgewood Pines in Stow. The Men’s Team Matches are on October 21 at Ipswich CC.

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