MGolf Heads to the Patriot Intercollegiate
9/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
LORTON, VA. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will return to the links this weekend with three rounds at the Patriot Intercollegiate, hosted by George Mason University.
The third annual Patriot Intercollegiate will be played at the par-71, 6,903-yard Laurel Hills Golf Club. Designer Bill Love, whose credits include the Iron Forge Course at Penn National and Hunting Hawk in Glenn Allen, Virginia, has created an impressive 18-hole course on land that formerly housed the D.C. Department of Corrections facility at Lorton. Paying homage to the early architects of American golf, Love's objective was to let the natural beauty of the property dictate the character of the course. By all accounts he has succeeded with the golf press already describing the course with accolades like "one-of-a-kind" and "visually stunning."
In addition to Seton Hall and George Mason, the 15-team field also includes Binghamton, Delaware, Drexel, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, IUP, James Madison, La Salle, Longwood, Marshall, Missouri, Saint Joseph's, St. Thomas Aquinas, Villanova and Wagner.
Seton Hall is coming off its second top-5 finish of the fall with a fifth place showing at the Hartford Hawks Invitational on Tuesday. The Pirates bested 14 other schools with a 31-over-par, 297-304-294-895. The Hall finished 21 strokes behind the host and team champion, Hartford. Central Florida, Connecticut and Temple finished second through fourth respectively.
Junior Ryan Snouffer (Sparta, N.J.) became only the 15th golfer in Seton Hall history to shoot under-par for a tournament. Snouffer shot all three rounds at par or better to finish in second place among 105 individual golfers with a 4-under-par, 69-72-71-212. The Seton Hall newcomer finished just two strokes behind the individual champion. JT Harper (Pebble Beach, Calif.) also had a strong finish to the tournament. The senior registered his first top-10 finish as a Pirate with a consistent 4-over-par, 73-74-73-220. Harper finished seventh overall.
Snouffer, Harper, David Cha (Carrollton, Texas), Lloyd Jefferson Go (Guadalupe Cebu City, Philippines) and Kevin O'Brien (Wexford, Pa.) will compete for Seton Hall this weekend. Cory Wilson (Newton, N.J.) will also compete as an individual.
This weekend, the teams will play two rounds on Sunday and a final 18 holes on Monday. Complete results of each day's events will be available at SHUpirates.com.
