Ivy League Men’s Golf Championship Begins Tomorrow

HANOVER, N.H. — On the eve of the Ivy League Men's Golf Championship at the Century Club in Purchase, New York, Dartmouth has been battle tested against some excellent competition throughout the spring. Now the Big Green are aiming to put together three solid rounds to battle for the conference championship.

Dartmouth will have its work cut out for it as it is the fifth-ranked team in the Ivy League behind Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia. But the Big Green will be led by two golfers who have put together seasons unrivaled at Dartmouth (not named Peter Williamson '12), giving the team the opportunity to make some noise this weekend.

Senior Mark Turner leads the team with a stroke average of 72.40 and graduate Jason Liu is close behind at 73.08, the lowest averages ever outside of Williamson, the three-time Ivy League Player of the Year. Turner has finished in the top 10 in four tournaments throughout the year, including his last two while producing 12 rounds at par or better, second most in Big Green history. Liu, meanwhile, has had eight such rounds, tied for fourth in the Dartmouth annals, and has had three top-10 finishes of his own.

The return of Turner's older brother, fifth-year senior James Turner, has been a boost to the team as well. As a freshman, he was third on the team in stroke average, but has since suffered through several injuries before getting back to form this spring. In seven rounds over three tournaments, he has a 74.14 stroke average and has shot no worse than 76.

Another surging player is senior Charles Petrie, who carded a career-low 68 (-2) in his final round last weekend. He has a pair of top 20 finishes the last two tournaments with a stroke average just under 75 on the season.

The fifth Big Green player was not decided until just this week as Rich Parker, the Bill Johnson Head Coach of Men's Golf, went with a wild card in freshman Eli Kimche. Parker is hoping to catch lightning in a bottle as the rookie has played just seven rounds all season with scores that have fluctuated, but if he is on his game, he could provide the team with a lift on any given day.

The Ivy League Championship begins on Friday morning at 8 a.m. The second round is set to tee off on Saturday at 10 a.m., while Sunday's final round is scheduled for a 7:30 a.m. start.

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