Men’s Golf Opens Fall Season at Cornell Invitational

PHILADELPHIA – Riding a hot summer for many of the Temple golfers, the Owls open the 2017-18 fall season Saturday at the 16-team Cornell Invitational. The Cornell Invitational is a 54-hole, two-day event at 6,904, par 71 Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University.

Scouting the Owls
> Temple returns 11 players from last season, including all eight golfers who saw action, while welcoming three talented newcomers

> Junior Trey Wren and redshirt junior John Barone were the only two Owls to play all 33 rounds last year. Wren led TU with a 73.8 strokes per round average with Barone placing second on the squad with a 75.1 average.

> Four Owls shot sub 70 rounds last season: Wren (66, 69, 69, 69), Barone (68, 69), junior Sam Soeth (69. 69) and senior Mark Farley (69).

> Six Owls competed at the Golf Association of Philadelphia's The Open Championship with junior Gary McCabe tying for ninth and sophomore Marty McGuckin tying for 25^th overall in the 133 player field.

> Temple's five-man squad at Cornell will be Wren, Barone, Soeth, McCabe and freshman Dawson Anders with McGuckin playing as an individual.

Quotable
> "I am very excited about this year" said Temple head coach Brian Quinn, who is entering his 11^th season at the helm. "We have a nice blend of new and experienced players. We have four juniors in John Barone, Trey Wren, Sam Soeth and Gary McCabe that will be in the mix with a really nice group of young kids coming up the pipeline led by Dawson Anders and Liam McGrath.

I am also really looking forward to seeing Sam this fall as he is playing well as is Marty McGuckin, who had the best summer of all of our guys. I am looking forward to getting him in the lineup."

Next Up
> Temple travels to Vermont to take part in the Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge, Sept. 23-24.