BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – The Skidmore College golf team had all four of its scoring players shoot 74 or better on Sunday to lead the team to a third-place finish at the Tim Brown Invitational at the Ballston Spa Country Club on Sunday. The team tied with Trinity
- Skidmore (297-290—587) finished four better than Williams to hold onto T-3 representing its best finish in its spring home tournament since 2017.
- Rudraksha Banerjee finished with birdies on No. 16 and No. 18 for another even-par 71 and a tie for second place.
- Tate Esler birdied three holes from No. 8-11 on the way to a 1-over 72 and tie for 17th.
- Johnny Hwang finished in a tie for 12th. He played a six-hole stretch (8-13) at 3-under and finished with a 74.
- Patrick McLaughlin shot a 73, but played his first 13 holes of the day at 1-under par with just one bogey. He tied for 26th.
- Jaden Cheng led Skidmore's fleet of four individuals with the day's low round of 3-under 68. He placed tied for fourth on the individual leaderboard.
- NYU finished first by two over Amherst and three over Skidmore and Trinity.
- Amherst's Andre Zhang claimed medalist honors by two strokes over Banerjee and Hamilton's Ramon Aroca Gonzalez.
FROM HEAD COACH TOM OPPEDISANO
"I feel like we are so very close to having a great week. The guys really played well on day one through very difficult conditions. We made a run today but made a few too many mistakes. Congrats to Banner and Jaden for all tournament team!"
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Skidmore is back on Thursday at the world-famous Bethpage Black Course for the FSC Bethpage Black Invitational followed by the FSC Spring Invitational at the Red Course Saturday and Sunday.
