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Macdonald Cup
Thomson Leads Trio of Top-25 Wolverines as U-M Finishes Fifth at Macdonald Cup
9/25/2022 4:31:00 PM | Men's Golf
» With a final round 354 team tally, Michigan jumped a position to fifth place at the Macdonald Cup with a 1,069 team total at the Yale Golf Course.
» With a final-round 68 (-2), Hunter Thomson made it back-to-back top-10 finishes to start the season as he tied for eighth at 209 (71-70-68, -1) -- his seventh career sub-par 54-hole total.
» Will Anderson posted his second straight top-20 finish (t-18th; 212) while Pier Francesco De Col's career-low 70 (E) in the final round helped him record a career-best 216 total, tying him for 25th.
Site: New Haven, Conn.
Tournament: Macdonald Cup
Course: Yale Golf Course (Par 70, 6,795 yards)
U-M Team Standing: 5th Place of 11 Teams (355-360-354/1069)
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, t-8th (71-70-68/209, -1)
Next U-M Event: Mon-Tue., Oct. 10-11 -- at Georgetown Intercollegiate (Jersey City, N.J.)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- With a final-round tally of 68 (-2) by sophomore Hunter Thomson and a career-low 70 (E) from senior Pier-Francesco De Col, the University of Michigan men's golf team posted a 354 total Sunday (Sept. 25) to card a 1,069 6-count-5 Macdonald Cup total to record its second straight top-five team finish to open the season.
Returning to New Haven for Yale's home event after a runner-up finish last year, junior Jude Kim paced the first round with his career-low-tying 67 (-3). His tally along with junior Will Anderson's even-par 70 and Thomson's 71, the Maize and Blue opened with a 355 first-round tally using the tournament's 6-count-5 format.
Positioned fourth, U-M headed straight into its second 18 of Saturday's opening day and used a 70 from Thomson, a 71 from Kim and a pair of 72s from Anderson and De Col to etch a 360 to end the first day with a 715 36-hole total and a sixth position on the leaderboard.
Getting off to a solid start in the shotgun-formatted final round, Thomson used three birdies to record his first sub-70 round of the season with a 68 (-2). With a birdie erasing his only bogey on the round, De Col followed with 16 pars to record a career-best 70 (E), while Anderson also closed with a 70. With the trio's tally, the Wolverines produced their event-best 354 team total to move up a spot and finish fifth.
With his seventh sub-par 54-hole total, Thomson's 209 (71-70-68, -1) was good for an eighth-place finish to give him back-to-back top 10s to open the season. After winning Yale's event last season, Anderson returned and tied for 18th at 212 (70-72-70), while De Col's final round 70 helped him to a career-low 216 (71-72-70) and a tie for 25th.
Returning to Ann Arbor, U-M will train for the next few weeks before heading to Jersey City, N.J., for the Georgetown Intercollegiate, the Hoyas' two-day, 54-hole event at Liberty National.
Final Team Standings
1. Minnesota 361-340-351 = 1052 (+2) 2. Harvard 353-350-351 = 1054 3. Yale 357-355-348 = 1060 4. Richmond 350-360-351 = 1061 5. MICHIGAN 355-360-354 = 1069 6. St. John's 354-357-363 = 1074 7. Fairfield 372-352-361 = 1085 8. Penn 378-364-352 = 1094 9. Bucknell 368-368-359 = 1095 10. Hartford 380-368-362 = 1110 11. Fordham 367-376-372 = 1115
Top Individuals
1. Peicheng Chen, St. John's 64-65-72 = 201 (-9) 2. Will Lodge, Yale 69-66-70 = 205 3. Drew Carlin, Richmond 69-69-68 = 206 Brian Ma, Harvard 70-67-69 = 206 Ben Warian, Minnesota 72-67-67 = 206 6. Brian Isztwan, Harvard 65-72-70 = 207 7. Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton 68-70-70 = 208* 8. HUNTER THOMSON, U-M 71-70-68 = 209 Ben Carpenter, Yale 71-69-69 = 209 Gabriel Ruiz, Yale 68-74-67 = 209 Kevin Sze, Harvard 75-67-67 = 209
Other Michigan Individuals
T8. Hunter Thomson 71-70-68 = 209 T18. Will Anderson 70-72-70 = 212 T25. Pier Francesco de Col 74-72-70 = 216 T30. Jude Kim 67-71-80 = 218 T43. Ben Hoagland 73-75-73 = 221 T45. Bavake Sihota 74-75-73 = 222 * playing as individual
