Temple University Athletics
Golf to Open 2024 Spring Season in Puerto Rico
2.7.24 | Men's Golf
HUMACAO, P.R. – The Temple Golf team begins their 2024 spring season Sunday in the Palmas del Mar Collegiate. The three-day tournament is hosted by UNC Greensboro and will be held at the 7122-yard par-72 Wyndham Palmas Beach & Golf Resort in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Scouting the Owls
The Field
Scouting the Owls
- The team saw a large contribution this spring from sophomore, Aidan Emmerich, who led the Owls in scoring average with a one stroke to par average of 72.1. This included team leading two top-5, four top-10, and five top-20 finishes in the six events he participated in last fall.
- Three other Owls participated in all six events from the fall. Sr. Graham Chase (72.7), Jr. Ethan Whitney (73.4), and Jr. Michael Walsh (73.9) all had a scoring average sub-74 and had a combined seven top-20 finishes in the fall.
- Junior Joey Morganti is coming off his first career collegiate win at the Big 5 Championship last October. Morganti shot a career best 67 before winning the three-player tiebreaker at Sunnybrook Golf Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
- The Owls as a team placed top-5 in three of their six tournaments in the fall: the Cornell Fall Invitational (2nd), the Temple Invitational (4th), and the Big 5 Championship (2nd).
The Field
- The Owls will be 1 of 13 teams competing in Humacao. They will compete against Virginia Tech, Arkansas, Michigan, Wofford, Elon, Drexel, Samford, Kennesaw State, High Point, Mercer, Bucknell, and tournament host UNC Greensboro.
- This will mark the first time the Owls have played out of the continental United States since joining the American Athletic Conference.
Players Mentioned
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