The Hall Plays the Ross Collegiate Starting Monday - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's golf team will play three rounds of golf at the 2025 Babygrande Donald Ross Collegiate at Mid Pines Golf Course, March 10-11.
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will play three rounds of golf at the 2025 Babygrande Donald Ross Collegiate at Mid Pines Golf Course, March 10-11.
Tournament Details:
2025 BABYGRANDE ROSS COLLEGIATE
Host: George Mason University
Location: Southern Pines, N.C.
Course: Mid Pines Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,657 yards
Dates: March 10-11, 2025
MEDIA:
Babygrande Golf is set to break new ground in the world of amateur golf broadcasting with its live stream of the Babygrande Donald Ross Collegiate, a 20-team Division I men's college tournament hosted by George Mason University at the Mid Pines Club on March 10 and 11. BabygrandeGolf.com will stream the 54-hole tournament live each day.
In addition, an alt-cast – "The No Glaze Zone" – will air at 2 p.m. ET each day of coverage, featuring a dynamic variety show of golf-related content and alternative commentary stewarded by Babygrande's Domingo "Chi Chi Grande" Neris and special guests. Babygrande Golf will also feature snackable content across its network of golf social media pages, with an aggregate reach of more than 1.5 million followers.
THE COURSE:
A rarity among Donald Ross masterpieces, Mid Pines Golf Course remains exactly as the world renowned architect built it in 1921 and impeccably restored by Kyle Franz in 2013. The renovation was honored with GOLF Magazine's Best U.S. Resort Renovation and Restoration of the Year. The course, often characterized as "pure Donald Ross," was designed to fit perfectly into the natural landscape, as was Ross's signature approach.
Mid Pines was not intended to be a daunting challenge for the finest players competing under championship conditions, but was envisioned as a course that would offer friendly competition for members and guests of a private club and resort. However, fanatics and pros have taken note of the perfectly preserved course and Mid Pines has become a classic gem, which has now played host to many national competitions including the 2002 USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship.
THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host George Mason, the massive field includes 18 other teams including: Bowling Green State, William & Mary, Elon, George Washington, Loyola Chicago, Loyola (Md.), Old Dominion, Ohio University, Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure, Towson, Dayton, South Dakota, Tennessee Chattanooga and Toledo. BIG EAST foes Georgetown, St. John's and Xavier are also in the field.
THE FORMAT:
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.
THE LINEUP:
- George Fricker, Senior
- David Lally, Junior
- Patrick Kahanek, Senior
- Eli Shah, Sophomore
- Isaiah Williams, Sophomore
Junior David Lally (Wickow, Ireland) shot a 1-under-par, 70, to lead the Pirates in the final round of the Hal Williams Collegiate at Magnolia Grove on Feb. 11. Lally had four birdies and 11 pars in route to his second sub-par round of the tournament. For the event, he tied for 44th place with a 2-over-par, 76-69-70-215.
Seton Hall's top golfer for the tournament was George Fricker(Woodbridge, England). The senior had a birdie and 14 pars to fuel a 2-over-par, 73, in round three. For the three-round event, Fricker tied for 36th place among 75 individual golfers with a 1-over-par, 70-71-73-214.
As a team, The Hall shot a 12-over-par, 296, in round three. For the tournament, the Pirates finished 13th in a highly-competitive field with a 16-over-par, 289-283-296-868.
THE SCHEDULE:
The field will play 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. A shotgun start will begin competition in round one at 8:45 a.m. Seton Hall golfers will be paired with golfers from Elon, George Washington and South Dakota in the first two rounds. The shotgun for round three on Tuesday is at 9:00 a.m.
THE RESULTS:
Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament via Scoreboard.clippd.com. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.
