Sun, Fricker Lead Pirates to Second Place Finish at Yale - Seton Hall University Athletics
Senior Wanxi Sun (Danville, Calif.) fired a 2-under-par, 68, to lift the Seton Hall men's golf team to a second-place finish at The Macdonald Cup on Su...
Sun and Fricker tie for ninth place overall as The Hall registers its second-straight top-three finish.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Senior Wanxi Sun (Danville, Calif.) fired a 2-under-par, 68, to lift the Seton Hall men's golf team to a second-place finish at The Macdonald Cup on Sunday.
Sun had five birdies and 10 pars to fuel his 2-under-par, 68, on Sunday. For the tournament, he tied for ninth place among 72 individual golfers with a 6-over-par, 78-70-68-216. Yale's Robert You won the individual title at 1-under-par.
As a team, The Hall climbed the leader board to second place in the final standings after a 2-over-par, 282, in round three, the top round in the field. For the tournament, the Pirates shot a 21-over-par, 288-291-282-861. It's the fourth-best par-70, three-round score in Seton Hall history. The Hall finished five strokes behind the team champion and host, Yale. BIG EAST opponents Georgetown finished in third place at 30-over-par, and St. John's, finished in eighth place at 51-over-par.
Junior George Fricker (Woodbridge, England) also registered a top-10 finish, tying for ninth place with a 6-over-par, 71-74-71-216. Fricker had four birdies in round three to fuel his final round.
Seton Hall newcomer Patrick Kahanek (San Antonio, Texas) had a Jekyll and Hyde tournament, but soared in round three, using 11 pars to fuel a 1-over-par, 71, in round three. For the event, he tied for 28th place with a 14-over-par, 67-86-71-224.
Graduate student Wenlaing Xie (Zhaoqing, China) struggled in the final round, shooting a 10-over-par, 80. For the event, he was also 14-over-par with a 74-70-80-224.
Sophomore David Lally (Wicklow, Ireland) had 13 pars in route to a 2-over-par, 72, on Sunday. For the tournament, he tied for 32nd with a 15-over-par, 76-77-72-225.
Competing as an individual, freshman Eli Shah (Newtown Square, Pa.) tied for 39th place overall with a 17-over-par, 78-76-73-227.
Tournament Details:
MACDONALD CUP
Host: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Course: Yale Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-70, 6,795 yards
Dates: September 23-24, 2023
TOURNAMENT LEADER BOARDS | ||||
In 1923, a 700-acre tract of swamp and woodland was given to Yale by Mrs. Ray Tompkins in memory of her husband. Under the supervision of Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer, and co-founder of the USGA, plans were made for an 18-hole golf course. With a budget of $400,000, Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor, designed a masterpiece which opened for play in 1926.
Today, the Yale Golf Course is recognized as one of the finest examples from the Macdonald & Raynor portfolios. Large greens with deep bunkers and wide, rolling fairways are the core of Yale's strategic and penal character. The Yale Golf Course is consistently recognized as the finest collegiate course in the nation. The course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, and NCAA Regionals in 1991, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2015 and again in 2022. The course has also been the home of the Nike Connecticut Open.
The 6,766-yard, par-70 course features large and deeply bunkered greens and narrow fairways that challenge golfers at all levels of play. Two of the holes—the 432-yard par-4 fourth and the 238-yard par 3 ninth—have been ranked among the world's 100 most difficult holes.
THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Yale, the field included 10 other schools: Bucknell, Bryant, UC San Diego, Fairfield, Fordham, Harvard, Le Moyne and Rhode Island. Fellow BIG EAST opponents, Georgetown and St. John's, are also in the field.
THE FORMAT:
Teams played five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.
UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to tournament play for the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, Oct. 9-10, at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kan.
