NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Harvard men's golf battled through the conditions this weekend at the 47^th MacDonald Cup, taking home fifth place in the 12-team tournament. Brian Ma continued his hot streak, placing second overall in the individual results after shooting a one-over-par 211 over 54 holes.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Two new golfers made their debuts for the Crimson this weekend at the MacDonald Cup at the Yale Golf Course. The Crimson men's golf Class of 2027 – Bryan Fang and Jonathan Hartono - got their first starts in their young careers this weekend.
• Harvard had a great start in the tournament, posting a 13-over-par 293 in the opening round, ranking fifth after the first 18 holes.
• Brian Ma shot an impressive one-under par 69 to lead the team in the opening round. Hartono shot a two-over par 72 in his first collegiate round, the second-best score for the Crimson.
• The rain started coming down hard in the second round on Saturday afternoon. Harvard carded a 307 as a group, moving down to 10^th place after 36 holes.
• The Crimson bounced back in big way during the final round on Sunday, posting a team score of 287, surging into its fifth-place finish.
• Ma shot a Crimson tournament low 68 in the final round, climbing up the leader board into second place (+1) and finishing just two shots off the leader who came in at one-under par. The senior captain began his final round with three straight birdies.
• Ma led the field in total birdies, carding 12 over 54 holes.
• Kevin Sze shot an even-par 70 in the final round to help Harvard make the five-spot climb up the leader board.
• The Crimson posted the best scoring average on par 3s at 3.12, shooting seven-over par on the short holes.
• Jeffrey Fang posted 40 pars in 54 holes, the second most in the field.

 

RESULTS

The 47^th MacDonald Cup
Yale Golf Course – Par 70 – 6795 Yards
 

TEAM RESULTS

1 - Yale +16
2 - Seton Hall Univ. +21
3 - Georgetown +30
4 - UC San Diego +35
T5 - Fairfield University +47
T5 - Harvard +47
7 - Bucknell University +50
8 - St. John's +51
9 - Bryant University +56
10 - Le Moyne College +61
11 - Rhode Island +62
12 - Fordham University +69
 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

2 – Brian Ma | +1 | 69/74/68 | 211
T17 – Jeffrey Fang | +10 | 72/75/73 | 220
T42 – Adam Xiao | +18 | 77/77/74 | 228
T42 – Bryan Fang | +18 | 75/78/75 | 228
T48 – Jonathan Hartono | +19 | 72/78/79 | 229
T52 – Kevin Sze | +20 | 78/82/70 | 230
 

UP NEXT 

Harvard will play in two more tournaments before its Spring season. First, the Crimson will travel to Long Island to play in The Hamptons Intercollegiate hosted by Loyola-Maryland at the Maidstone Club on Oct. 2-3. The team will then hop on a plane and head west to play in the Alister McKenzie Invitational, hosted by the University of California in late October.