Golf Finishes Second at Wildcat Spring Invitational

Tuesday, April 13

Villanova, Pa. / Radnor Valley Country Club

Temple University

Wildcat Invitational

Photo by: Richie Raspa

Golf Finishes Second at Wildcat Spring Invitational

4.13.21 | Men's Golf

Results

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Three Temple golfers shot under par Tuesday to lead the Owls to a second-place finish at the Wildcat Spring Invitational. Temple finished a mere stroke behind St. John's after trailing the Red Storm by 16 strokes entering play today. Overall, the Owls were one-over par 281 on the day, which was the best round of the day by an incredible nine strokes among the 16 competing teams.

Recapping the Round
> Junior Conor McGrath, who won his first collegiate tournament Saturday, led the Owls with an even-par 140 to tie for second overall. He shot a one-under 69 for his final round, making three birdies to offset a double bogey on hole 10. leads the Owls and is tied for ninth with a one-over 71. His 3.92 stroke average on par 4s was the best in the 94-player field.
> Senior Dawson Anders had the best round of the day by an Owl, carding a two-under 68 to finish with a two-over 142 to place fifth overall. The Temple captain started with a bogey on his first hole, but settled in by making five birdies over the next 16 holes before finishing with a double-bogey on the 18th.
> Senior Peter Bradbeer had his best round as an Owl, shooting a one-under 69 to improve 49 spots overall from Monday to tie for 29th. The Bucknell transfer was one-under at the turn, and then recovered after bogeys on holes 11 and 12 with birdies on 14 and 17 to finish strong.
> Sophomore Graham Chase rounded out the Temple scorers with a five-over 75 to finish with a eight-over 148 to tie for 34th. Chase was two-under after seven following birdies on holes five and seven, but struggled on the final 10 holes, including bogeying three of the final four.
> Junior Buddy Hansen (75-78, 153) and sophomore Andrew Curran (79-76, 155) rounded out the Owls' six-man team, tying for 64th and 75th, respectively.

The Field
> Rounding out the top five after St. John's (573) and Temple (574) were Bucknell (577), Drexel (579) and host Villanova (581).
> Rider's Nathan Bazant, the only player other than Anders, Bradbeer and McGrath under par in the final round, won medalist honors with a one-under 139. St. John's Jack Simon tied McGrath for second with an even-par 140.

Quotable (Temple Coach Brian Quinn)
> "Overall I am very happy with the way the kids played. We gave a lot of shots back unfortunately, something that has been a habit of ours the whole semester and the whole season. We have a few more events left to go to really harness that in, and if the kids play according to their ability I think we can do some great stuff."
> "I am really happy the way Peter Bradbeer played. Dawson and Conor played excellent. So hopefully if we can minimize our mistakes we will be ok."

Next
> Temple next competes at the American Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Golf Club in Brooksville, Fla. from Aprul 23-25.