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2008-09 Men's Golf

Michael Blodgett

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Luis Obispo, Calif.
  • Highschool San Luis Obispo

Biography

2008-09: Team captain ... Appeared in all five fall tournaments ... Injured, missed the spring season ... In 10 rounds, had a 72.7 stroke average ... Shot low round of 69 twice, at Navy Fall Classic and Rehoboth Beach Classic ... Penn’s No. 1 finisher four times, second the other tournament ... Won medalist honors at the Rehoboth Beach Classic (70-69--139) ... Tied for fourth overall at both the Columbia Invitational (71-75-79--225) and the Navy Fall Classic (73-69--142) ... Penn’s low scorer with a 72 to tie for 10th overall at Cornell Invitational ... Tied for 17th overall at the Big 5 Invitational (76-73--149) ... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area.

2007-08: GCAA PING All-Region selection (Mid-Atlantic Region) ... Competed in all nine events in which Penn participated ... Team-best stroke average of 73.5 over 20 rounds ... Carded 75-67-76--218 to win medalist honors as the first-place individual at Ivy League Championships ... Penn’s first individual Ivy League champion ... Low round of 67 at Ivy League Championships was a course record at Galloway National Golf Course ... Penn’s No. 1 finisher in seven events ... Finished first overall at Don Mershon Classic (75-75--150) ... Tied for first overall vs. UC San Diego with a 75 ... Shot 69-73-72--214 to tie for sixth at Princeton Invitational ... Tied for 20th at The McLaughlin (69-69-766--214).

2006-07: Competed in all 10 tournaments ... Finished fourth on the team with a 75.9 stroke average in 24 rounds ... Low round of 70 came at The McLaughlin ... Penn's top finisher in three events, the Big 5 Classic (72-76--148) and Navy Fall Invitational (71-73--144) in the fall and the George Washington Invitational (71-72--143) in the spring ... Finished third overall at GW, fourth overall at Big 5 Classic, and tied for seventh overall at Navy Fall Invitational ... Tied for 10th overall and third among Penn players at Ivy League Championships (78-76-74--228), but was the Quakers' low scorer in decisive final round as they took team title ... Tied for 121st at the NCAA West Regional in Tempe, Ariz. (72-73-80--225) ... Second among Penn players, t-65th overall at the Braveheart Classic (83-85-74--242) ... Tied for 37th at the Macdonald Cup (79-80-79--238) ... Tied for 50th overall at The McLaughlin (77-75-70--222).

2005-06: Competed in last seven of Penn's nine events, including all five spring tournaments ... Scored a 75.9 stroke average, with a low round of 72 (set four times) ... Tied for 21st overall at Ivy League Championships with 81-81-74--236 ... Penn's top scorer and sixth overall at Navy Invitational with matching 72s ... Second among Penn players, ninth overall Princeton Invitational (75-73--148) ... Came back from first-round 79 to card 72 in second round and finish t-27th at George Washington Invitational ... Three-round 235 (74-78-83) at Braveheart Classic ... Penn's second finisher at final two fall events ... Tied for 29th overall at Big 5 Classic (73-81--154) ... In first collegiate event, helped Quakers win Yale's Macdonald Cup by tying for 15th overall (74-72--146).

High School: Four-year letterwinner in golf ... First-team all-league as a freshman and junior ... Team co-MVP as a senior ... Helped team to 2002 league championship ... San Luis Obispo Country Club junior club champion ... Tied for ninth at 2004 AJGA Cote de Gaza ... AJGA and Southern California JGA player ... Honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Linda and Andrew Blodgett ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a political science major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

  • 2006-07Sophomore

  • 2007-08Junior

  • 2008-09Senior