The men’s golf team finished in seventh place at the Bowdoin Invitational this weekend at the Brunswick Golf Club. Despite Middlebury College taking top honors, Bowdoin coach Thomas Fortson is optimistic about the team.
“It’s the first event of the year, and it actually happened within three days of the start of classes and the start of our practices, so normally we would be trying out at that time and have a week of practice before we competed,” he said. “It’s not a bad start for the group.”
Lack of practice time wasn’t the only challenge the Polar Bears faced over the weekend.
Challenging pin placement—or the positioning of holes on the course’s putting greens—made for a difficult first day of play. On day two, 30 mile-per-hour gusts adversely affected tee shots.
Dusty Biron ’15 led the squad, shooting a 155 on the weekend to finish sixth overall. Thomas Lilly ’14 tied for 16th with a 159.
This weekend, the team will travel to the Bangor Municipal Golf Course to compete at the Maine State Tournament.
“We’re very interested in doing well at the state tournament, we’re normally one of the better teams there,” said Fortson. The team is setting its sight on the NESCAC championship, though.
“Our season is pretty short and condensed,” he said. The Polar Bears have six remaining tournaments this year. According to Fortson, the crown event is the NESCAC championships, which Fortson mentioned as “especially important given that we should have a bit of an edge hosting the event.”