The golf team will be in action this weekend at the Yale Men's Spring Open. The tournament will be the third of the spring season and take place at the Yale University Golf Course in New Haven.
The Yale golf course was created in 1924 and is a par-70, 6,748-yard course. It is considered one of the best examples of an early American golf course in the country and has deeply-bunkered greens and narrow fairways, which forces players to be extremely accurate off the tee or face approach shots from the rough. Golf Magazine ranked it 71st out of 100 as one of the most difficult courses in the world in 1988.
The signature hole of the course is the par-3 9th hole that is 235 yards long. The hole requires a 190-yard shot off the tee to carry over the water, and the green has an eight-foot drop off from back to front. It is ranked in the top 100 of the most difficult holes to play in the country.
Last year, the Huskies finished sixth in the rain-shortened tournament, shooting a team score of 311 for one round. Jason Parajeckas and Brian Travalja led the Huskies, each shooting a team-low 77. The tournament was won by Oklahoma Christian University, which shot a team score of 302. Bruno Buccolo of Oklahoma Christian was the tournament's medalist, shooting an even-par 70.
Last week the Huskies finished in sixth place at the George Washington Golf Invitational, held at the Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club in Bethany Beach, Del.
The Huskies shot a team total of 608, shooting a 304 on both days of the event. After round one, the Huskies were tied for 13th place overall, out of 24 teams, and stormed back into the top 10 during the final round. They finished the tournament in sixth place by beating out Iona College by three strokes. They missed being in the top five by 11 strokes.
Captain Jason Parajeckas led the team with a two-round score of 144. He shot a 71 on day one, followed by a 73 in the final round, which left him tied for fourth overall. Parajeckas continues to shoot well as he has been the Huskies top scorer in every event this spring. Currently, Parajeckas has a 71.43 average, best on the team by four strokes.
A.J. Siekierski finished with a score 149 placing him17th overall. Brian Travalja finished in a tie for 59th place with a total score of 157.
Freshman Derek Newman made his first career start for the Huskies and finished in a tie for 68th place, shooting a 158 for two-rounds. In his first start, he was able to finish ahead of 50 other golfers. Rounding out the Huskies was sophomore Bret Siekierski who made his first start of the season. He finished tied for 88th place with a 162 for two rounds.
The tournament was won by the University of Pennsylvania, with a total score of 585, beating out the Huskies by 23 strokes. Also finishing ahead of the Huskies was Longwood University (588), Seton Hall (591), Delaware (597) and Yale. Kyle Morris of Seton Hall was the individual medalist with a score of 141.
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