Men's Golf

The Columbia men’s golf team closed out its fall schedule on Sunday as it finished the third day of competition at the Columbia Invitational in 11th place out of 15 teams. Freshman Brendan Doyle, who shot a 21-over-par 234, led the way with a 26th place finish.

The Columbia men’s golf team will conclude the fall portion of its season this weekend as it hosts the Columbia Invitational. The tournament will be played at the Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway, N.J, a par 71 course.

The Columbia men’s golf team just missed out on a victory this weekend, despite playing well at the Division I Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship in Riverhead, N.Y. In the tournament that took place over Friday and Saturday, the Lions earned a second-place finish out of the 15 participating teams.

The Columbia men’s golf team got its fall season off to a slow start, finishing in 16th place out of 16 teams at the Wolverine Intercollegiate, held in Ann Arbor, Mich. The University of Michigan won the invitational, with an overall weekend score of 841, beating second-place University of California, Davis by two strokes. Columbia shot 298-306-300 over the course of the weekend, and finished five strokes behind the 15th-place team. The Lions’ overall score was a 904. The individual title was won by Ramie Sprinkling of UC Davis, who shot a 69-68-69, for a combined weekend total of 206.

After tremendous play at the Ivy League Championship last week, the Columbia men’s golf team has earned a bid at the 2008 NCAA regional qualifier.