Tait Leads Pirates to Third Place Finish at Lagowitz Memorial

Sunday, September 8

Hamilton, N.Y. / Seven Oaks Golf Club

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Seton Hall University

Third Round

Tait Leads Pirates to Third Place Finish at Lagowitz Memorial

9/8/2019 6:57:00 PM | Men's Golf

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HAMILTON, N.Y. – Junior Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) fired an even-par, 72, in the final round to lift the Seton Hall men's golf team to a third place finish at the 2019 Alex Lagowitz Memorial on Sunday.

Tait's final round ended with a flourish, as he birdied four of the final six holes. The junior tied for fifth place with a 1-over-par, 72-73-72-217. Tait finished eight strokes behind the individual champion, Rhode Island's Chris Francoeur.

The result is Tait's second career top-5 finish, joining his individual title of the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate as a freshman.

As a team, The Hall finished third with a 10-over-par, 298, in round three. For the tournament, the Pirates were 21-over-par with a 290-297-298-885, finishing five strokes behind the team champion, Cornell. Bucknell finished second at 19-over-par. Seton Hall's lone BIG EAST competition, Villanova, finished at a distant 33-over-par.

Senior Alex Chalk (Castle Douglas, Scotland) also fired an even-par, 72, on Sunday, and was the second-best Pirate performer for the weekend. For the tournament, he had a 5-over-par, 72-77-72-221, to tie for 16^th place.

Junior Andres Acevedo (San Antonio, Texas) slipped a bit in round three, to a 5-over-par, 77, but still managed to finish with an 8-over-par, 74-73-77-224, to tie for 25^th among all individual golfers.

Freshman Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) fired his second consecutive 5-over-par, 77, in round three, and finished tied for 32^nd overall. For the event, he shot a 10-over-par, 72-77-77-226.

Sophomore Deven Ramachandran (San Rafael, Calif.) finished his tournament with an 8-over-par, 80, in round three. He finished the three-round event with a 12-over-par, 74-74-80-228.

With a roster of 10 players, the Pirates were able to assemble a "B" team.

Senior Alex McAuley (Douglas, Isle of Man) led Seton Hall's second squad with a 14-over-par, 78-72-80-230. Only one stroke behind finished sophomore Peter Tyler Po (Nasipit Cebu City, Philippines). He tallied a 15-over-par, 78-74-79-231.

Freshman James Bosworth (Simsbury, Conn.) finished his first collegiate tournament at 17-over-par with an 80-75-78-233, one stroke ahead of fellow Pirate newcomer Ian Lee (Johor, Malaysia). Lee had his best round on Sunday, and finished the tournament with a 79-79-76-234.

Sophomore Hunter Ramee (Warren, Conn.) rounded out the Pirates' scoring with a 37-over-par, 83-81-89-253.

Tournament Details:
ALEX LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL
Host: Colgate University
Location: Hamilton, N.Y.
Course: Seven Oaks Golf Club
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,834 yards
Dates: September 7-8, 2019

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The Course:
Named for the ancestral home of the Colgate family, Seven Oaks Golf Club is nestled on the Colgate University Campus at the upper end of the Chenango Valley, in Hamilton, New York. In 1934, a young architect by the name of Robert Trent Jones was brought to Hamilton to begin work on designing the course as one of his first projects. Unfortunately, due to the great depression and WWII, the course and his plans were continuously postponed.

Jones was called back many times throughout the following years to redesign the course before a final version was accepted and it was not until 1956 that ground was broken on the first nine holes, officially opening on July 4th, 1958. Construction for the remainder of the course soon began and on September 4th, 1965 the last nine holes were opened for play.

Seven Oaks is characteristic of all Jones' courses, which include strategic deployment of water, along with extensive tee areas and large, expansive greens.

The Field:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Colgate, the field included 13 other schools: Army, Bucknell, Columbia, Connecticut, Cornell, Fairleigh Dickinson, Lafayette, Lafayette, Rhode Island, Rider, St. Bonaventure, Villanova and Yale.

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Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament via Golfstat.com. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.

2019 ALEX LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL - Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
1	Cornell	286	290	304	880	+16
2	Bucknell	299	295	289	883	+19
3	SETON HALL	290	297	298	885	+21
4	Yale	291	293	303	887	+23
T5	Columbia	294	293	304	891	+27
T5	Lafayette	300	298	293	891	+27
7	Connecticut	303	297	292	892	+28
T8	Rider	304	290	300	894	+30
T8	Colgate	295	294	305	894	+30
10	Villanova	303	293	301	897	+33
11	Army West Point	302	294	303	899	+35
12	St. Bonaventure	304	297	299	601	+36
13	Rhode Island	301	304	296	901	+37
14	Binghamton	298	293	318	909	+45
15	Fairleigh Dickinson	307	294	310	911	+47
16	Colgate (B)	308	307	304	919	+55
17	Lehigh	309	303	315	927	+63
18	SETON HALL (B)	315	300	313	928	+64

2019 ALEX LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL - Seton Hall Individual "A" Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
T5	Gregor Tait	72	73	72	217	+1
T16	Alex Chalk	72	77	72	221	+5
T25	Andres Acevedo	74	73	77	224	+8
T32	Wenliang Xie	72	77	77	226	+10
T45	Deven Ramachandran	74	74	80	228	+12

2019 ALEX LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL - Seton Hall Individual "B" Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
T59	Alex McAuley	78	72	80	230	+14
T63	Peter Tyler Po	78	74	79	231	+15
T72	James Bosworth	80	75	78	233	+17
T80	Ian Lee	79	79	76	234	+18
95	Hunter Ramee	83	81	89	253	+37