Temple University Athletics
Sunday, September 18
Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
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Cornell/Temple Fall Invite
Ethan Whitney, Temple win Cornell/Temple Fall Invite
9.18.22 | Men's Golf
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Sophomore Ethan Whitney won his first collegiate golf tournament, shooting a five-under 135 to capture medalist honors at the Cornell/Temple Fall Invite Sunday. The only golfer among the 85-man field to shoot under par on the final day, Whitney made six birdies on the day to lead the Owls to the team title, defeating second-place Rhode Island by three strokes in the two-day tournament played on Temple's home course, The 1912 Club.
Temple's B team also played well, placing sixth in the 15-team field.
Recapping the Day
> Whitney was masterful all weekend, making 12 birdies over his 36 holes. His five-under par score was two strokes better than his previous best, a three-under at the 2021 GolfWeek Fall Challenge.
> Co-captain Graham Chase and Conor McGrath were one-over for the tournament and tied for fifth overall. McGrath tied three other golfers for the second-best round of the day with an even-par 70. He had three birdies overall and was one-under on the back nine. Chase had an up-and-down round with five birdies and seven bogeys for a two-over 72.
> Joey Morganti shot a one-over 71 for his final round and his four-over 144 tied him for 17th overall.
> Jack Naese, who had the Owls' lone eagle on the day on the par-5 12th hole, was five over for the day and nine over for the tournament to tie for 39th overall.
> Andrew Curran shot an even-par 70 for his final round and tied for ninth overall with a two-over 142 to lead Temple's B team.
> Greg Hanna shot his second straight two-over 72 to finish at four-over 144 and tied for 17th. Andres Aranguren, playing in his first collegiate tournament, also shot an even-par 70 and finished tied for 39th with a 147. Darren Nolan and Danny Nguyen rounded out the B team with rounds of 77 to finish tied for 47th and 73rd, respectively.
Quotable
On the Win
> "I know how this golf course plays and it is an extremely difficult golf course. I felt pretty confident with our kids. We gave a lot away yesterday. I just think the kids have so much experience on this course and that really helped us. We definitely had home course advantage. Rhode Island played awesome. They are a great team. I am really excited because we have a mix of younger and older players, and it is good for them to feel that kind of pressure down the stretch and it is a very gratifying win for the kids." – Temple head coach Brian Quinn.
On Ethan Whitney
> "I am so excited for Ethan. He has tremendous upside for us and he is going to be a great player for Temple University and beyond. You cannot win two until you win one and I think he is going to win a lot of golf tournaments. He has a lot of passion for the game. He has a lot of courage out there playing, he is not afraid to fail. So I am very excited for him and for the program because every time he is teeing up for us is going to help us as well.
Great kid, really lucky to have him and we are just very blessed because we have so many great kids in our program with Ethan, Graham and Conor who are tremendous leaders for us.So am really excited to see what we can do moving forward," said Quinn.
On Temple B team
> "They played really good. Andres played pretty good today. Andrew Curran played pretty good today and that just strengthens the program. That shows you how much deeper we are getting and to compete in the conference we compete in, as difficult as the conference is, we need depth and we are starting to get it," said Quinn.
Temple's B team also played well, placing sixth in the 15-team field.
Recapping the Day
> Whitney was masterful all weekend, making 12 birdies over his 36 holes. His five-under par score was two strokes better than his previous best, a three-under at the 2021 GolfWeek Fall Challenge.
> Co-captain Graham Chase and Conor McGrath were one-over for the tournament and tied for fifth overall. McGrath tied three other golfers for the second-best round of the day with an even-par 70. He had three birdies overall and was one-under on the back nine. Chase had an up-and-down round with five birdies and seven bogeys for a two-over 72.
> Joey Morganti shot a one-over 71 for his final round and his four-over 144 tied him for 17th overall.
> Jack Naese, who had the Owls' lone eagle on the day on the par-5 12th hole, was five over for the day and nine over for the tournament to tie for 39th overall.
> Andrew Curran shot an even-par 70 for his final round and tied for ninth overall with a two-over 142 to lead Temple's B team.
> Greg Hanna shot his second straight two-over 72 to finish at four-over 144 and tied for 17th. Andres Aranguren, playing in his first collegiate tournament, also shot an even-par 70 and finished tied for 39th with a 147. Darren Nolan and Danny Nguyen rounded out the B team with rounds of 77 to finish tied for 47th and 73rd, respectively.
Quotable
On the Win
> "I know how this golf course plays and it is an extremely difficult golf course. I felt pretty confident with our kids. We gave a lot away yesterday. I just think the kids have so much experience on this course and that really helped us. We definitely had home course advantage. Rhode Island played awesome. They are a great team. I am really excited because we have a mix of younger and older players, and it is good for them to feel that kind of pressure down the stretch and it is a very gratifying win for the kids." – Temple head coach Brian Quinn.
On Ethan Whitney
> "I am so excited for Ethan. He has tremendous upside for us and he is going to be a great player for Temple University and beyond. You cannot win two until you win one and I think he is going to win a lot of golf tournaments. He has a lot of passion for the game. He has a lot of courage out there playing, he is not afraid to fail. So I am very excited for him and for the program because every time he is teeing up for us is going to help us as well.
Great kid, really lucky to have him and we are just very blessed because we have so many great kids in our program with Ethan, Graham and Conor who are tremendous leaders for us.So am really excited to see what we can do moving forward," said Quinn.
On Temple B team
> "They played really good. Andres played pretty good today. Andrew Curran played pretty good today and that just strengthens the program. That shows you how much deeper we are getting and to compete in the conference we compete in, as difficult as the conference is, we need depth and we are starting to get it," said Quinn.
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