Men's Golf Heads to Annapolis for The Goat

Saturday, September 21

Annapolis, Md. (USNA GC)

All Day

Bucknell University

The Goat

9/20/2024 11:27:00 AM | Men's Golf

Setting The Scene
What: The Goat, hosted by Navy
When: Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 21-22 (54 holes); 8:30 a.m. shotgun Saturday, 8 a.m. tee times Sunday
Where: Par-71, 7,025-yard Naval Academy Golf Club, Annapolis, Md.
The Field: 15 teams (Bucknell, Barry, Binghamton, Cal Baptist, Colgate, Columbia, Georgetown, George Washington, Howard, Lafayette, Loyola, Maryland, Navy, Pacific, William & Mary)

Live Scoring

About the Bison

Bucknell heads to Annapolis this weekend for its second tournament of the fall. The Bison are one of 15 teams in a challenging field that also includes Patriot League rivals Navy, Colgate, Lafayette, and Loyola.
The Bison debuted at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial at Colgate three weeks ago and finished in a tie for sixth place out of 15 teams. Bucknell posted rounds of 298-290, and sophomore Hayden Quinn enjoyed the best tournament of his young career with two under-par rounds. Quinn shot 71-70 for a 3-under 141 and finished alone in fifth place.
Quinn will take on the No. 1 spot in the lineup at Navy this weekend, along with Michael Rudnick, Jack Hartman, Patrick Pritsios, and James Robbins.
The freshman Pritsios (77-73) and Hartman (78-75) both made their collegiate debuts at Colgate. Hartman is a second-generation Bison golfer, as his father Josh was a two-time All-Patriot League honoree and a two-time Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year while playing for coach Tommy Thompson from 1994-98.
Rudnick won the team's 54-hole preseason qualifier with rounds of 73-66-69 for a 2-under-par total of 208. Hartman finished three shots back at 211 (70-70-71), while James Key (73-74-67) and Quinn (69-75-70) tied for third at 214.
Rudnick (75.2), Key (75.3), and Robbins (75.5) bring the lowest 2023-24 scoring averages among returning players.

Bucknell at the USNA GC

Bucknell has played in numerous invitational and conference championship events at the Naval Academy Golf Club through the years, although no current Bison has played in a college tournament there.
Bucknell's last appearance at USNA GC was the 2021 Patriot League Championship. The Bison finished fourth that year with team scores of 300-311-304.
The team's last visit to Navy for one of its regular-season events came in April 2017 for the Midshipmen's spring invitational. The Bison finished 11th that week with rounds of 312-315.
Bucknell's fondest moment at Navy's course came in 2006, when the Bison captured the Patriot League championship there, with Charlie Waddell claiming the individual title.
Bucknell's only Navy Invitational champion was Dave Richards in 1980. J.P. Raftery's 4-under 67 at the 2016 Patriot League championship is the lowest round ever recorded by a Bison on the course, and the team's 290 that day was also Bucknell's best-ever team score at Navy.

Up Next

The third of Bucknell's five fall tournaments will be the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at Mystic Rock Resort. West Virginia is the host.
Bucknell's fall slate culminates with the Bucknell Invitational Oct. 13-15, and the Bison will also host the 2025 Patriot League Championship next April 25-27.