Over the weekend, the Georgetown University men’s golf team competed in its first competition of the season. The competition is called the Navy Fall Classic at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club in Annapolis, Maryland. The Hoyas finished sixth out of the 10 teams that qualified. The other nine teams competing were U.S. Naval Academy White, U.S. Naval Academy Gold, U.S. Naval Academy, Brown University, University of Delaware, College of Charleston, Saint Joseph’s University, North Dakota State, and Towson University. The Hoyas shot a combined score of 593, which was 25 over par (+25).
Towson University was able to run away with the victory after they shot a combined 554, 25 strokes ahead of second place finisher College of Charleston. Towson senior Joe Gunerman was the top performing individual in the tournament and he shot a 67 on both days to finish with a score of 134.
On Saturday the 7th, the first day of the two day tournament, the Hoyas began the tournament in good form thanks to freshman from San Diego, Calif., Andrew Rudy, who shot a one under 70 round. After day one, the Georgetown team was placed second with a team score of 290, which trailed Towson by 10 strokes. Rudy’s day one score also had him placed sixth overall going into the final round. He finished the tournament with a score of 150 which was good enough to earn him 25th place in the tournament, tying sophomore teammate Raleigh Chapin.
Georgetown’s best performer of the weekend was senior captain Charlie vonArentschildt of Scottsdale, Ariz., who shot a +1 (or a score of 72) on Sunday to finish tied for 16th place individually for the tournament. Junior Greg Podufal from Erie, Pennsylvania, did not finish too far behind vonArentschildt. Podufal finished tied for 18th place with a combined 148. Junior Brian Tohir from New Canaan, Conneticut rounded out the Hoyas lineup and he finished tied for 38th place, shooting 153 over two rounds.
Coaches or players were not made available for interview to discuss the tournament. However, the Hoyas will return to action on Monday, Sept. 23 when they take part in The Fightin’ Irish Gridiron Classic at the Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind.
