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2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

Phil Tor
Harvard Athletic Communications (GoCrimson.com)
Phil Tor
Phil Tor
Harvard Athletic Communications (GoCrimson.com)

Brian Ma

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Milpitas, Calif.
  • High School Archbishop Mitty
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Leverett

Biography

Senior (2023-24)

2024 Harvard Men’s Golf Team Captain … Ping All-Northeast Region team Selection … First-Team All-Ivy League … Ended his career as the Crimson’s all-time scoring average leader … Played at the top spot in the lineup in all 8 tournaments this season … Counted 23 of his 24 scores towards the team total … Led the team in scoring average with a clip of 70.38 … Secured four top-five finishes … Was in the top-10 five times and in the top-20 six times … Posted 15 rounds of par or better and 10 rounds in the 60’s to lead the team in both categories … Finished T-5 at The Doc Gimmler (Sep. 9-10) at Bethpage Red with a score of -5 (67, 69, 69) … Helped led Harvard to a third-place finish in the tournament with a team score of -14 … Came in second place at the MacDonald Cup at Yale Golf Course (Sep. 23-24) posting a score of +1 (69, 74, 68) … Led Harvard to a T-5 finish in the tournament … Finished T-58 at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3) at the Maidstone Club … Posted scores of 79, 74 and 80 to shoot +18 in the tournament … Finished T-28 at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational at the Meadow Club in Fairfax, Calif. (Oct. 9-10) … Posted scores of 72, 72 and 65 to shoot -4 in the tournament … His third round 65 was a team tournament low … Opened the Spring season with a T12 finish at the Savannah Intercollegiate (Feb. 17-19) … Shot a one-under 215 to help the team grab second place in the tournament … Tied his opponent in the dual match against Stanford (Mar. 15), earning .5 points for the team in the event … Finished T5 at the Cutter Creek Invitational (Mar. 29-31) after shooting a five-under score of 211 … Used a third round 67 to fly up the leaderboard … Took sixth place at the Princeton Invitational (Apr. 6-7) after shooting three-under-par … Posted his best score at the Ivy League Championships (Apr. 19-21) with a seven-under 206 to take third-place in the event … His scores of 71-68-67 helped Harvard finish in third-place at the Championships.

Junior (2022-23)

Unanimously voted the 2023 Ivy League Player of the Year… First Team All-Ivy… Academic All-Ivy…Academic All-District... NCAA Regionals Qualifier… Finished 39th overall in the NCAA Auburn Regional... Averaged a score of 69.55 and 1.59 strokes under par through 22 rounds played… Placed in the top-15 in all eight tournaments he competed in this season… Landed in the top 10 six times, including a trio of top-3 efforts and two first-place finishes… Placed first at the Columbia Spring Invite (-6) and the Princeton Invitational (-9)… Finished second in the Ivy Championships with a score of one-under-par.

Sophomore (2021-22) 

PING Northeast All-Region Team honoree... Started six tournament for the Crimson this season...Led the Ivy League with a scoring average of 71.89...Shot par or better in 10 of his 18 rounds played including six rounds in the 60s...Was a counting score in all 16 rounds played in the starting lineup...Placed in the top-three in all four fall events...Opened the season by placing T3 at the Doc Gimmler (Sept 11-12) with a 54-hole total of 208...Tied for second at the Macdonald Cup (Sept. 25-26) with rounds of 70-70-67...Took second at the Columbia Fall Invite (Oct. 11) behind a season low score of 66 in the final round...Earned first collegiate win, sharing Medalist Honors at the Lehigh Invitational (Oct. 22-23) with rounds of 69-73...Finished 11th in first Ivy League Championship (April 22-24) appearance after carding 77-69-79... Academic All-Ivy selection...Named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 27). 

First-year (2019-20) 

Appeared in two fall tournaments ... Posted a 73.40 scoring average ... Finished second at Fairfield University''s Ryan Lee Memorial Tournament (Sept. 7-8) carding a one-under, two-day total of 143 (71-72) to guide Harvard to a first place team finish ... Registered a career-low score of 69 in the second round of The Macdonald Cup, finished with a three-round total of 224 (82-69-73). 

Before Harvard

  • Won the 2017 San Francisco City Golf Championship at age 16; 3rd youngest winner in 103-year tournament history
  • 2nd in the 2017 AJGA Reno / Tahoe Junior at Arrowcreek
  • 2nd in the 2018 AJGA ACDS Junior Championship at San Jose CC
  • Eight Top-10 finishes in AJGA tournaments
  • 2018 Western Catholic Athletic League Golfer of the Year
  • 2018 Western Catholic Athletic League Tournament Medalist at 6 under 66
  • Part of Archbishop Mitty High School’s state-winning team in 2017
  • 11th ranked junior golfer in Class of 2019 -- Junior Golf Scoreboard
  • Enjoys playing pool, ping pong, and video games 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

  • 2021-22Sophomore

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