The men’s golf team had their best finish of the spring when the Scarlet Knights finished in the top four as a team at the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette this past weekend.
Rutgers shot a +26 overall on the tournament which was tied with Illinois State for a fourth-place finish behind Illinois (-10), Purdue (-2), Eastern Michigan (+25).
Junior captain Xavier Marcoux led the squad as he finished in sixth place and led the team with one of his best performances of the season. Marcoux shot a 214 through three rounds, Weston Jones shot a 218 and Luke Wells shot a 221.
“We definitely had to fight through some tough conditions,” Marcoux said. “I think when we teed off on the first day it was like 33 degrees. Whoever could have the best attitude going through that weather and then just trying to take advantage of whenever the winds died down you could find some birdies. I thought I did well at that. I just tried to battle through the first round and I had my best day in the second round. The final round it was really windy and I was in the final group, so it was really great to feel that pressure on me.”
The conditions in West Lafayette were windy and rough all weekend, but the Concord, Mass. native felt that his background playing in cold conditions played to his advantage.
“Growing up in Massachusetts I’ve played in hurricanes,” Marcoux laughed. “You kind of learn how to play in that stuff and use it to your advantage. You know that 50 percent of the field is just going to quit in those conditions since you don’t want to be there playing in that weather. You just have to focus and beat the other half out.”
Marcoux enjoyed seeing the progress of his teammates throughout the weekend.
“It felt really good,” Marcoux said. “I feel like we saw a lot of progress. Especially Weston (Jones) played really solid. We proved that we could kind of hang with Illinois and Purdue for two rounds which are probably the two best programs in the Big Ten.”
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— Rutgers Mens Golf (@RUMensGolf) April 9, 2022
Marcoux credited Rutgers for giving him the opportunity to get reps at a young age and the upperclassmen looks forward to seeing it pay dividends for the rest of his teammates going forward.
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