M. Golf seventh at soaked Navy Invite

The Penn men's golf team traveled to the U.S. Naval Academy this past weekend, where it finished a respectable seventh at the Navy Spring Invitational. The tournament spanned only one day due to the 30-mile-per-hour winds and snow that descended on Annapolis, Md., on Sunday. The Quakers, who combined for a 26-over 310, finished behind longtime rival Princeton. The Tigers won the event by shooting a 15-over 299. "We didn't play as well as we could," Penn freshman Chad Perman said. Todd Golditch and Perman led the Quakers with rounds of five-over 76. Senior Rob Goldfaden shot a six-over 77; Kyle Moran posted a 10-over 81; and Peyton Wallace fired a 15-over 86. If these inflated scores seem like an aberration for the Quakers, that's because they were. "It was very windy," Perman said. "The greens were extremely fast and undulated." According to Golditch, the Quakers would have liked to played the second day of the tournament. "It would have been nice to get in one more competitive round before the Ivy League Championship," Golditch said. After 12 holes of the tournament, Golditch led the 19-team field with a score of one under par. "Things sort of fell apart on the 13th and 18th holes, where I made double bogey," he said. Golditch watched his hopes of winning disappear after he played the final four holes in four over par. However, his confidence in himself and in his team remains high. "I feel really good going into next weekend," Golditch said. "It's been Rob [Goldfaden]'s, Kyle [Moran]'s and my goal to win the Ivies for a long time. I feel extremely confident in my team's ability and our chances next week." The Quakers will have four days of practice this week before they depart for the Ivy League Championships in Jackson, N.J., on Friday morning.

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