SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's golf team is in third place after the first day at the Ivy League Championship. The three-day, 54-hole event is taking place on the par-72 Lower Course at the famed Baltusrol Golf Club.
Results (Clippd.com)
Penn shot 11-over-par 299 as a team. That had the Quakers behind Harvard (286, -2) and Princeton (294, +6). Yale was fourth, four shots behind the Red and Blue at 15-over-par 303.
Hayden Adams had a strong first day to lead the Quakers, finishing as just one of two players in the field with an under-par score (71, -1). That left him second out of 35 golfers, behind only Harvard's Barry Zhang (69, -3). Adams also was alone with the best par-4 score of the day (3.80) and was tied for first with four birdies.
Playing his first Ivy Championship round, freshman
Arjun Caprihan shot an even-par 72 and ended the day tied for third with five other players. He also had four birdies on Friday.
Ryan Chang and
Kayden Wang both shot 78 to score for the Quakers, while
Wesley Hu finished Friday with an 81.
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