Bucknell University Athletics
Saturday, September 29
New Haven, Conn. (The Course at Yale)
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Macdonald Cup
Men’s Golf in 7th Place at Macdonald Cup
9/29/2018 7:49:00 PM | Men's Golf
36-HOLE RESULTS
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bucknell men's golf team carried the momentum from last week's victory at the Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge with a strong even-par first round 280 at the Macdonald Cup on Saturday morning at The Course at Yale. The Bison were solidly in the top four for much of the day, but dropped a bit with a 293 in the afternoon round and now sit in seventh place with the final round still to come on Sunday.
J.P. Raftery shot a 2-under-par 68, Chris Tanabe and Peter Bradbeer both shot 72, and Connor O'Brien followed with a 72 to account for Bucknell's 280 total in the morning round. O'Brien led the way in the afternoon with a 71, followed by Tanabe's 72, Raftery's 74, and Bradbeer's 76.
Raftery and Tanabe are the low Bison through 36 holes with a total of 2-over 142, good for a tie for 23rd place. O'Brien is one behind at 143.
Starting the day on the 10th hole, Raftery was nearly blemish-free in the opening round. He bogeyed the par-3 13th hole, but the rest of his card showed three birdies and 14 pars. The three birds came in succession at 15, 16 and 17.
Tanabe made three birdies and 13 pars in his opening round. His only hiccups were a double-bogey at 18 and a bogey at 9. Tanabe made three more birdies in his afternoon 72.
O'Brien totaled six birdies and nothing worse than bogey on his day.
The Macdonald Cup is a two-team race heading into Sunday's final round. No. 15 Illinois sits at 17-under after posting team scores of 272-271. Host Yale is just three back at -14 after recording a pair of 273s. Princeton (+5), Stirling (+6), Penn (+8), Boston College (+9) and Bucknell (+13) round out the top seven in the 14-team field. Harvard is in eighth place, two shots behind the Bison.
Yale's James Nicholas posted two straight 64s and has the individual lead at 12-under par. He leads Stirling's Robert Foley (69-64) by five shots and Illinois' Bryan Baumgarten (67-67) by six. Sixteen players shot even par or better over the first 36 holes.
Sunday's final round gets underway at 9 a.m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bucknell men's golf team carried the momentum from last week's victory at the Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge with a strong even-par first round 280 at the Macdonald Cup on Saturday morning at The Course at Yale. The Bison were solidly in the top four for much of the day, but dropped a bit with a 293 in the afternoon round and now sit in seventh place with the final round still to come on Sunday.
J.P. Raftery shot a 2-under-par 68, Chris Tanabe and Peter Bradbeer both shot 72, and Connor O'Brien followed with a 72 to account for Bucknell's 280 total in the morning round. O'Brien led the way in the afternoon with a 71, followed by Tanabe's 72, Raftery's 74, and Bradbeer's 76.
Raftery and Tanabe are the low Bison through 36 holes with a total of 2-over 142, good for a tie for 23rd place. O'Brien is one behind at 143.
Starting the day on the 10th hole, Raftery was nearly blemish-free in the opening round. He bogeyed the par-3 13th hole, but the rest of his card showed three birdies and 14 pars. The three birds came in succession at 15, 16 and 17.
Tanabe made three birdies and 13 pars in his opening round. His only hiccups were a double-bogey at 18 and a bogey at 9. Tanabe made three more birdies in his afternoon 72.
O'Brien totaled six birdies and nothing worse than bogey on his day.
The Macdonald Cup is a two-team race heading into Sunday's final round. No. 15 Illinois sits at 17-under after posting team scores of 272-271. Host Yale is just three back at -14 after recording a pair of 273s. Princeton (+5), Stirling (+6), Penn (+8), Boston College (+9) and Bucknell (+13) round out the top seven in the 14-team field. Harvard is in eighth place, two shots behind the Bison.
Yale's James Nicholas posted two straight 64s and has the individual lead at 12-under par. He leads Stirling's Robert Foley (69-64) by five shots and Illinois' Bryan Baumgarten (67-67) by six. Sixteen players shot even par or better over the first 36 holes.
Sunday's final round gets underway at 9 a.m.
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