SAVANNAH, Ga. - Harvard men's golf kicked off its Spring competition season with a solid effort at the Savannah Intercollegiate, placing second in the 13-team field. The Crimson posted a combined 54-hole team score of 862 to go two-under-par as a group in the tournament. The effort was powered by a number of impressive individual performances. Jeff Fang carded the lowest score in the tournament with his two-under-par, 214.
Brian Ma (215, -1),
Kevin Sze (220, +4) and Jonathan Hartono (220, +4) all joined Fang in the top 25 at the end of the tournament.
Hartono got hot in the first round on Saturday morning, posting the second lowest round of the morning with a five-under-par 67. Hartono went bogey-free with a 31 on the front nine to put him in second place individually after 18 holes.
Brian Ma went two-under in the first round to help position the Crimson in first place through 18 holes.
Fang made his move in the second half of the Saturday rounds, going two-under and carding a 70 to move into the top 20. In the final round on Saturday, Fang and Sze both recorded rounds of 72 to keep Harvard in second place at the conclusion of the tournament.
HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS
- Jonathan Hartono's round of 67 in the first 18 holes was a tournament low for the Crimson.
- Jeff Fang had the highest finish, going two-under to position himself in T-10.
- Hartono and Sze went seven-under and six-under on par five holes to finish tied for second and third in field, respectively.
- Darren Choi, playing as an individual, was one of only nine golfers to post an eagle, carding a three on the par-five seventh hole in round two.
- Harvard posted the second most birdies as a team in the tournament, carding 45.
RESULTS
T10 -
Jeff Fang (-2) - 72, 70, 72 - 214
T12 -
Brian Ma (-1) - 70, 72, 73 - 215
T23 -
Kevin Sze (+4) - 75, 73, 72 - 220
T23 -
Jonathan Hartono (+4) - 67, 74, 79 - 220
T26 (I) -
Darren Choi (+5) - 76, 71, 74 - 221
T37 -
Adam Xiao (+8) - 77, 74, 73 - 224
73 -
Bryan Fang (+19) 77, 75, 83 - 235
Team Leaderboard
1 North Alabama 287 276 285 848 -16
2 Harvard 282 290 290 862 -2
3 Longwood 290 283 290 863 -1
4 Columbia 288 289 287 864 E
T5 Iona University 286 292 299 877 +13
T5 South Carolina Beaufort 290 299 288 877 +13
7 Sacred Heart 299 289 299 887 +23
8 Siena College 300 290 299 889 +25
9 North Carolina Central 296 292 306 894 +30
10 Fairleigh Dickinson 297 295 307 899 +35
11 Holy Cross 299 302 305 906 +42
12 SCAD - Savannah 300 307 307 914 +50
13 Dartmouth 305 298 314 917 +53