Kim Among Top 10, Leads U-M to Sixth After First Day of Macdonald Cup
9/24/2022 7:54:00 PM
// Tom Wywrot
» With team tallies of 355 and 360, Michigan sits sixth with a 715 total after the first day of the Macdonald Cup at the Yale Golf Course.
» Jude Kim fired a career-low-tying 67 (-3) in the first round, following with a 71 (+1) to pace the Wolverines on day one with a 138 (-2) total and placing him tied for sixth.
» Three Wolverines are among the top 20 — Kim (t-7th), Hunter Thomson (t-12th, 141, +1) and Will Anderson (t-18th, 142, +2). » Michigan is playing in the rarely used 6-count-5 scoring format. Converted to traditional scoring (281-288/569).
» Michigan will play with St. John’s and host Yale in the final round on Sunday.
Site: New Haven, Conn.
Tournament: Macdonald Cup (Day 1 of 2)
Course: Yale Golf Course (Par 70, 6,795 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 6th Place of 11 Teams (355-360/715)
Top U-M Individual: Jude Kim, t-6th (67-71/138, -2)
Next U-M Round: Sunday, Sept. 25 — at Macdonald Cup (New Haven, Conn.), 9 a.m. (shotgun)
Team Standings (After Day 1 of 2)
1. Minnesota 361-340 = 701 (+1) 2. Harvard 353-350 = 703 3. Richmond 350-360 = 710 4. St. John's 354-357 = 711 5. Yale 357-355 = 712 6. MICHIGAN 355-360 = 715 7. Fairfield 372-352 = 724 8. Bucknell 368-368 = 736 9. Penn 378-364 = 742 10. Fordham 367-376 = 743 11. Hartford 380-368 = 748
Top Individuals
1. Peicheng Chen, St. John's 64-65 = 129 (-11) 2. Will Lodge, Yale 69-66 = 135 3. Brian Ma, Harvard 70-67 = 137 Lincoln Johnson, Minnesota 70-67 = 137 Brian Isztwan, Harvard 65-72 = 137 6. JUDE KIM, U-M 67-71 = 138 Drew Carlin, Richmond 69-69 = 138 Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton 68-70 = 138* 9. Ben Warian, Minnesota 72-67 = 139
Other Michigan Individuals
T12. Hunter Thomson 71-70 = 141 (+1) T19. Will Anderson 70-72 = 142 (+2) T31. Pier Francesco De Col 74-75 = 146 T40.
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