The Cavaliers had three golfers place in the top 25 best individual performances for the tournament, highlighted by a sixth-place finish from junior Thomas Walsh.
After finishing third in the stroke play portion of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Challenge Cup in Nashville, Tennessee, the Virginia men’s golf team fell to South Carolina, 3-2, Sunday in the match-play portion of the tournament.
Saturday in Karuizawa, Japan — a 14-hour plane jaunt from Charlottesville — Virginia senior Denny McCarthy led Team USA in scoring at the World Amateur Team Championships as the Americans captured the Eisenhower Trophy for a record 15th time.
This weekend, the Virginia men’s golf team claimed victory at the 13-team Northern Collegiate at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the Cavaliers’ first tournament of the season. No. 13 Virginia shot a collective 15-over 879 at the 54-hole tournament to best Winthrop and Ohio State by three strokes each.
The Skinny on weekend games for Virginia’s men’s soccer, field hockey, and men’s golf teams. More extensive previews for the football, volleyball and women’s soccer teams are available online and in Thursday’s issue of the Cavalier Daily.
When the United States Golf Association called Denny McCarthy, the Virginia senior missed the call because he was celebrating a family member’s birthday, missing the call. After calling the number back, McCarthy headed back downstairs to his assembled relatives with news which more than warranted a celebratory glass of champagne.
The No. 8 Virginia men’s golf team won its second consecutive tournament Saturday, shooting a 4-over 292 to best second-place Clemson by three strokes at the rain-shortened Wolfpack Spring Open at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C. The event was condensed from 54 holes to 18 holes after rain precluded Friday play.
The skinny on weekend matchups for men’s lacrosse, women’s tennis, softball, men’s golf, and women’s rowing.
Three years before senior David Pastore won his first collegiate event in a one-hole playoff at the Jim West Intercollegiate, he did not compete in a single tournament for the Virginia men’s golf team. The next year, he was not even on the team.
The No. 10 Virginia men’s golf team shattered program records to open the week, shooting a 45-under 819 to win the Jim West Intercollegiate in McKinney, Texas by 29 strokes over second-place Iowa State.
The No. 10 Virginia men’s golf team played the first two events of its spring schedule last week. The Cavaliers first took second place at the Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C., before finishing fourth at the Schenkel Invitational Sunday in Statesboro, Ga.
The No. 9 Virginia men’s golf team finished qualifying Sunday just in time to avoid the snow and will head south next week, teeing off in competition for the first time since October. The Cavaliers will travel to Aiken, SC to compete in the Palmetto Intercollegiate March 10 and 11, followed by the Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Ga. from March 14-16.
In their last action of the fall season, the No. 12 Virginia men’s golf team turned in one of their strongest performances, finishing in fourth place at the U.S.
Both Virginia golf teams were in action over the weekend, as the No. 14 men won the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate in Johnson City, Tenn. and the No. 27 women placed 15th at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C.
In its first taste of action in 2013, the Virginia men’s golf team found success in Sugar Grove, Ill. with a second place finish at the Northern Intercollegiate. Junior Denny McCarthy paced the Cavaliers with a fourth place individual finish at 2-under.
For 131 years, The Cavalier Daily has served as the first draft of history for the University of Virginia and Charlottesville communities.
As an independent, non-profit student newsroom that receives no money from the University, we rely on contributions from readers like you. Join us in our mission of providing local news and creating opportunities for the next generation of journalists.
