Results Round-up: October 23

College golf, high school state champs, and Q-School

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College golf is nearly impossible to track these days. I learned about Leaderboard King recently, another scoring database. It’s an absolute trainwreck, so let me parse through the noise to pull out what’s going on as the fall season wraps up.

The MIAA State Champions were crowned this week, and PGA Tour Q-School has been in session for the last couple of weeks. The final set of 13 First Stage wraps up at the end of the month after one site had to be postponed due to Hurricane Milton.

If I missed something, send along any stories or results, and I’ll add them to the log for the next round-up newsletter. Trophy shots are always welcome, too! [email protected].

October 23 Round-up

  • Bucknell Invitational: Holy Cross finished in sixth place at Bucknell and Nolan Schuermann led the way for the Crusaders with rounds of 68-75-73. Senior Owen Egan (Winchester, Mass.) had a solid week finishing T22 (72-72-73). Bryant’s Tyler Dupuis (T51), Holy Cross’ Alex Elia (T56), Matt Williams (T60) round out the Mass. players who competed. Results

  • Nassau Intercollegiate: Boston College finished in second place to wrap up a solid fall season. They didn’t finish outside of the top four in any of their four events. Christian Emmerich finished T15 for BC. Cael Kohan (Byfield, Mass) finished T6 for Bryant as the Bulldogs took ninth place as a team. URI’s Aidan O’Donovan finished T20. Bryant’s Tyler Dupuis (Grafton, Mass.) and URI’s Sean Magarian (Worcester, Mass) both finished T48. Results

  • Quinnipiac Classic: The Boston College women finished in second place, one shot behind UPenn. They placed two players in the top 5 - Cynthia Zhang (2nd) and Frances Kim (5th). Harvard finished fifth, Holy Cross finished eighth, and Stonehill finished ninth. Stonehill’s Jaelyn DeBoise (Springfield, Mass.) finished 47th, and Carol Pignato (Foxborough, Mass.) finished 59th. Results

  • Ryan Downes and John Broderick finish Vandy's fall slate: In the Commodores’ final event of the fall - The Golf Club of Georgia Intercollegiate. Broderick shot 72-74-76 to finish T56, and Downes shot 76-74-73 for a 59th-place finish. Results.

  • Georgetown Intercollegiate: CJ Winchenbaugh was impressive at Echo Lake. He fired rounds of 71-70-74 and finished in third place. It’s the best finish of his young college career and his first top ten. Max Hutter shot 76-73-74 which helped him mark his best finish this fall. Alan Rose rounds out the Bay State Hoyas with a 54th-place finish. Results

  • Hoyas win ODU/OBX Intercollegiate: The Hoyas shot six-under par as a team at Kilmarlic Golf Club in North Carolina. CJ Winchenbaugh rode the momentum from this solid showing at the Georgetown Intercollegiate and finished T10. Hutter (T31) and Jacob Finard (T37) rounded out the Weston Trio’s performance for the winning squad. Results

  • Elon Phoenix Invitational: UConn and Temple, both of which has some Mass. golfers on their rosters, headed south in the middle of October. 2024 Mass. Amateur semi-finalist Ethan Whitney finished T21 and was the low Temple Owl. Aidan Emmerich, 2023 Hornblower champ, finished T58. Emmerich is in his second year on the Owls. The team finished 13th. The UConn Huskies notched a fifth-place finish. Ray Dennehy shot a 65 in the final round to climb to T21. Vikram Konanki of Newton, Mass., and Walpole’s Eric Boulger, competing as an individual, both finished T54. Results

  • Lenane at Williams Cup: Another strong showing from Lenane for NC State. He shot 72-73-70 to finish T10. He beat the likes of Preston Summerhayes, Billy Davis, and last year’s Player of the Year Jackson Koivun. Results.

  • Leadership and Golf Collegiate: Liam Gill and Emil Nielsen are both out west playing in the Leadership and Golf Collegiate. Gill enters the final round in 45th place for Seattle and Nielsen is in 27th for Santa Clara. The event wraps up on Wednesday. Results

  • Smith at the Mercedes Benz: Molly Smith won this event last year. She shot 71-74-70 to finish in 7th place this year. A solid title defense for the sophomore from Westford. Results

  • White Sands Invitational: With one round left on Wednesday, Isabel Brozena sits in 17th place after shooting 74-76. Morgan Smith bounced back after a tough opening round 83 and shot 76 in the second round. She is in 48th place. Smith’s Georgia team is in sixth place, six shots better than Brozena’s Xavier team. Results

MIAA State Championships

St. John’s Pioneers. (Ken McGagh for The Boston Globe)

St. John’s Shrewsbury defends its Division 1 state title

It was a dominant performance on Monday at The Haven from the Pioneers. Last year, they won by 11 shots at GreatHorse with a score of 303. This year, they fired a 294 (+6), and Ronan Mooney helped the Pioneers complete the double with a 4-under-par 68 to earn medalist honors. It’s the sixth state title in the program’s history. I interviewed Sean Noonan, the St. John’s coach on the NEGJ Podcast this past spring. He was a very good player and has some great stories about playing and coaching. Listen here.

The Catholic Conference is known for its strong teams, and the top three at The Haven all come from that conference, as Xavierian and St. John’s Prep finished second and third.

Team Results:

St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 294; 2. Xaverian, 303; 3. St. John’s Prep, 306; 4. Wellesley, 315; 5. Concord-Carlisle, 328; 6. Braintree, 330; 7. BC High, 333; 8. Minnechaug, 338; 9. Longmeadow, 346; 9. Shrewsbury, 346

Individual Results (par 72):

68 — Ronan Mooney, St. John’s (Shrewsbury)

74 — Adam Trani, St. John’s (S); Seamus O’Halloran, St. John’s Prep

75 — Tripp Hollister, St. John’s Prep; Michael McCormack, Xaverian; Thomas Constantine, Xaverian; Savar Bhasin, St. John’s (S); Sam Keyser, Xaverian

76 — AJ Bodnar, St. John’s Prep; Michael Murray, Belchertown; Aarav Lavu, Wellesley; Varun Murthy, Acton-Boxborough

Pope Francis wins first title in Division 2

Pope Francis (Mike Maynard of The Boston Globe)

The second division was a very tight battle for both the team and individual titles at Berkshire Hills in Pittsfield, Mass. Four teams were separated by two shots, as Pope Francis won its first-ever state title with a score of 308. Westwood, Nashoba, and Old Rochester all shot 310.

On the individual side, Foxborough junior Zac Georgantas won in a sudden-death playoff over Pope Francis Prep’s Michael McGrath. Both players shot 71.

Team Results:

1. Pope Francis, 308; 2. Westwood, 310; 2. Nashoba, 310; 2. Old Rochester, 310; 5. Nauset, 316; 6. Norton, 321; 6. Duxbury, 321; 8. Wakefield, 323; 9. Mashpee, 325; 10. Newburyport, 326

Individual Results (par 72):

71 — Zac Georgantas, Foxborough (Won playoff); Michael McGrath, Pope Francis

73 — Matt Oliveira, Bishop Stang; Gabe Deters, Whitinsville Christian; Gavin Golch, Newburyport; Patrick Dalton, Westwood

Division 3: Ayer Shirley leaps to the top of Division 3

Ayer Shirley (Credit: Matthew J. Lee for The Boston Globe)

Just like Pope Francis, Ayer Shirley won its first state title by eight shots over Monomoy. It was a double victory for Ayer Shirley; Reid Ohanesian shot 75 at Foxborough CC to claim the individual title.

Team Results:

1. Ayer Shirley, 331; 2. Monomoy, 339; 3. Weston, 341; 4. St. John Paul II, 347; 5. Manchester Essex, 348; 5. Lunenburg, 348; 7. Sandwich, 352; 8. North Reading, 356; 9. Monty Tech, 363; 10. Maynard, 367

Individual Results (par 72)

75 — Reid Ohanesian, Ayer Shirley

78 — William Goldstein, Weston

79 — Hank Brown, Monomoy

80 — Tyler Labonte, Monson

Q-School: Franceour and Imai. Results and Results

MassGolf Team Men’s Championship:

Tough to imagine a better day for fall golf than this past Monday. Foxborough CC won the inaugural event, a culmination of a season-long tournament. Shoutout to Chad Bearce, Joe O’Malley, Mac Jacobson, Jeff Theriault, Jim Devlin, and Curtis McNeil (captain). They shot 16-under par net at Ipswich CC. MassGolf recap

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