The junior is already making waves in his first year as a varsity player.
After a first round where the Cavaliers finished in the lead, the next two call the team fall back into third but still finish on the podium.
After a strong start in a competitive tournament, the Cavaliers faded down the stretch.
The men's team recorded a dominant performance over fall break, but the women could not recover from a. slow start in their own tournament.
The Cavaliers rallied to post the best team score in any individual round on the final day of play after getting off to a slow start.
Both men's and women's golf brought home first-place trophies at their first events, with freshman Ben James and sophomore Amanda Sambach each finishing first individually.
Coming off a seventh place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship, the Cavaliers shot a 15-under-837 to beat No. 20 Tennessee by a single stroke.
Freshman Deven Patel shot the best round of the season for any Virginia player, but the Cavaliers failed to finish in the top half of the tournament.
The No. 47 Cavaliers shot a four-under 860 with a strong six-under final round to finish the tournament.
The Cavaliers finished with a combined team score of 4-under to tie with Georgia Tech and Northwestern.
The Cavaliers braved stormy weather on their way to a strong finish in a competitive tournament.
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.
The Birdwood Golf Course is scheduled to undergo renovations in the coming year.
The Virginia men’s golf team opened its spring season last week with a fifth-place finish at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Kauai, Hawaii.
In its final event of the fall season, the No. 20 Virginia men’s golf team placed second at the U.S. Collegiate Championship in Alpharetta, Georgia. Sophomore Derek Bard and senior Denny McCarthy finished first and second, respectively, at the event.
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