Temple University Athletics
Monday, September 20
Watchung, N.J.
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Temple University
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Cornell Invitational
Golf Wins Cornell Invitational
9.20.21 | Men's Golf
Watchung, N.J. – Temple Golf won its first tournament of the season and 10th in head coach Brian Quinn's tenure, capturing the 12-team field at the Cornell Invitational Monday by eight strokes. Conor McGrath tied for second overall with a three-under 139 while Ethan Whitney placed fourth with a two-under 140 at the 6,911-yard, par-71 Watchung Valley Golf Club.
Recapping the Final Round
> McGrath, who entered play with four straight rounds in the 60s, played the front nine in two-under with birdies on holes five, six and eight. He then bogeyed four of the next nine holes before making birdie on 18 to finish his round with an even-par 71.
> Whitney turned in the best round for the Owls, making three birdies in his one-under 70 performance. It was his third sub-par round for the Owls, and he is now a combined three-under after his first two tournaments.
> Graham Chase and Dawson Anders rounded out the scorers for the Owls Monday. Chase had a team-high five birdies on the day, but balanced it with five bogeys to finish even-par. Anders made par on 15 holes, firing a birdie on the par-three 13th after bogeying holes one and nine to finish at one-over.
> Joey Morganti had his toughest round of the season, shooting six-over on his final five holes to finish the day with a seven-over 78. Overall, he tied for 30th at plus seven.
> Buddy Hansen, who played as an independent, finished the tournament tied for 61st with a 156.
The Field
> Temple, which shot a two-under 566, defeated second place Colgate by eight strokes (574) with Columbia (578), Princeton (580) and Cornell (580) rounding out the top five.
> Colgate's Dugan McCabe shot four-under for the final round to finish six-under to take medalist honors. McGrath was tied with Penn's Mark Haghani for second at three-under.
Quotable – Temple Coach Brian Quinn
On Team
"The course played tough today. It got windy the last 10-11 holes. Overall, I think we played solid. We still have a lot of stuff to clean up out there, but I am really proud of them. I saw some mental mistakes. We need to work a little more on our short game. If we do the small things a little bit better, we can be a really good team."
"I think the most important thing about this team is how import each member is to the team and how everyone is chipping in. An example is Joey played great first day and really helped us. Graham struggled early the first day and what I thought (after today) was how Graham looks really ready to turn the corner. I saw lots of good stuff from him today."
On Conor McGrath
"Conor did not have it this week and when you finish second and you are not playing your best that is the sign of being a great player."
On Ethan Whitney
"I am really proud of the way he has played. He is really solid, has a lot of moxie out there and he is only going to get better and as he matures, he will be a hell of a player."
Next Up
> Temple will take the week off before returning the play on Oct. 3-4 at the Matthews Auto Collegiate at The Link at Hiawatha Landing in Apalachin, N.Y.
Recapping the Final Round
> McGrath, who entered play with four straight rounds in the 60s, played the front nine in two-under with birdies on holes five, six and eight. He then bogeyed four of the next nine holes before making birdie on 18 to finish his round with an even-par 71.
> Whitney turned in the best round for the Owls, making three birdies in his one-under 70 performance. It was his third sub-par round for the Owls, and he is now a combined three-under after his first two tournaments.
> Graham Chase and Dawson Anders rounded out the scorers for the Owls Monday. Chase had a team-high five birdies on the day, but balanced it with five bogeys to finish even-par. Anders made par on 15 holes, firing a birdie on the par-three 13th after bogeying holes one and nine to finish at one-over.
> Joey Morganti had his toughest round of the season, shooting six-over on his final five holes to finish the day with a seven-over 78. Overall, he tied for 30th at plus seven.
> Buddy Hansen, who played as an independent, finished the tournament tied for 61st with a 156.
The Field
> Temple, which shot a two-under 566, defeated second place Colgate by eight strokes (574) with Columbia (578), Princeton (580) and Cornell (580) rounding out the top five.
> Colgate's Dugan McCabe shot four-under for the final round to finish six-under to take medalist honors. McGrath was tied with Penn's Mark Haghani for second at three-under.
Quotable – Temple Coach Brian Quinn
On Team
"The course played tough today. It got windy the last 10-11 holes. Overall, I think we played solid. We still have a lot of stuff to clean up out there, but I am really proud of them. I saw some mental mistakes. We need to work a little more on our short game. If we do the small things a little bit better, we can be a really good team."
"I think the most important thing about this team is how import each member is to the team and how everyone is chipping in. An example is Joey played great first day and really helped us. Graham struggled early the first day and what I thought (after today) was how Graham looks really ready to turn the corner. I saw lots of good stuff from him today."
On Conor McGrath
"Conor did not have it this week and when you finish second and you are not playing your best that is the sign of being a great player."
On Ethan Whitney
"I am really proud of the way he has played. He is really solid, has a lot of moxie out there and he is only going to get better and as he matures, he will be a hell of a player."
Next Up
> Temple will take the week off before returning the play on Oct. 3-4 at the Matthews Auto Collegiate at The Link at Hiawatha Landing in Apalachin, N.Y.
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