HAMILTON, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania men's golf team opened the 2023-24 season with a sixth-place finish at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial over the weekend. The two-day, 54-hole tournament was hosted by Colgate on the par-72 Seven Oaks Golf Club.
 
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Penn shot 294 in both of Saturday's rounds, then followed that up with a 302 on Sunday to end the weekend at 26-over-par 890. Yale was the team champion, the Bulldogs carding a startling, 11-under-par 853 to easily beat the 12-team field. The other Ivy team in the field, Cornell, finished at 34-over-par 898 and placed ninth.
 
Individually, senior Jimin Jung led the Quakers on the weekend. He carded a 3-under-par 69 in Saturday's first round and followed that up with a 1-under-par round in the afternoon, ending the first day at 4-under-par 140. The senior then carded a 76 on Sunday to end the tournament at even-par 216. That left him tied for sixth in the field of 80 golfers who finished the weekend.
 
In his collegiate debut, freshman Hayden Adams shot an even-par 72 and ended Saturday at 1-over-par 145. He shot 77 on Sunday and ended the weekend tied for 19th at 6-over-par 222. Junior George Roessler had Penn's low score on Sunday, a 74, and ended the weekend tied for 28th at 226, while classmate John Richardson had the Quakers' second-best Sunday score in finishing the weekend at 228. Steven Lee carded 230 for the weekend, while Henry Krieble withdrew after Saturday's first round.
 
A pair of Yale players tied for medalist honors, Blake Brantley and Will Lodge both shooting 6-under-par 210 for the weekend which had them a stroke ahead of Villanova's Peter Weaver and two up on Lehigh's Edmund Broderick.
 
Up Next
Penn returns to action in two weeks, playing locally at the Temple Invitational which will run September 16-17 at The 1912 Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.