The University of Rhode Island golf team continued their impressive start to the 2019 season by tying for second place at the Dartmouth Invitational in New Hampshire this past weekend. Rhody and the Bucknell Bison were tied at the finish, with a two day and two round team total of six-under par 562. They both…
Photo courtesy of GoRhody. For the second time in many weeks, Rhode Island Golf can boast a tournament medalist after Freshman Bryson Richards earned co-medalist honors. Competing in the Doc Gimmler at Bethpage Red Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York, Richards was competing in just his second ever collegiate tournament. “It was awesome,” said Richards….
Photo courtesey of GoRhody. Junior Chris Francoeur started his 2019 campaign for Rhody golf in the positive, as he took home individual medalist at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational. Building off a summer that included a Rhode Island Stroke Play Championship victory and stout play in Massachusetts Amateur events, Francoeur was already coming into the…
Senior Dawson Jones follows through after driving the ball off the tee. |Photo courtesy of Julie Fletcher. In the Rhode Island Invitational early last week, Rhode Island Golf senior Dawson Jones won his first ever college golf tournament. “Honestly, it was awesome,” said Jones. “It was a long time coming. I played a lot of…
Sophomore Chris Francoeur tied for fourth in the URI invitational this past weekend. |Photo courtesy of GoRhody. For the second time in four events, Rhode Island Men’s Golf won, taking home first place at the Rhode Island Invitational at Quidnessett Country Club. URI was able to win with a team score of 898, or 34…
Sophomore Chris Francoeur and Rhody golf finished seventh at the Wildcat invitational. |Photo courtesy of Michaela Benford. Rhode Island Golf finished seventh out of 20 teams this past week at the Villanova Wildcat Invitational, hosted by Villanova University. “We hoped for a top three finish so anything other than that was disappointing,” said Head Coach…
Coming off a first place team finish at the Cape Fear National Intercollegiate, the Rhode Island Men’s golf team took a step back this past weekend. The Rams finished 11th out of 14 teams at the FAU Spring Championship, hosted by Florida Atlantic University at Osprey Point Golf Club. Overall there were 78 players taking…
Last week Chris Francoeur received Atlantic-10 Co-Golfer of the Week for his stellar play at the Cape Fear National Intercollegiate. Francoeur paced the Rams in this tournament, finishing with the best score of both a Rhode Island golfer and the field in general, taking home individual honors. The Rams as a team also won the…
In their first events of 2019, Rhode Island Men’s golf finished in last place in their first tournament, and first as a team in their second tournament this past week. Rhody kicked the season off in Aiken, South Carolina and played in the Palmetto Intercollegiate Tournament. The tournament was held at Palmetto Golf Club. The…
It was a rollercoaster of a fall season for men’s golf. Most recently, the Rams finished their fall slate in the Georgetown Intercollegiate, playing last Monday and Tuesday at The Member Club Four Streams in Maryland. There, the Rams finished 11th out of 12 teams, which included Princeton, and Atlantic 10 rivals St. Joseph’s and…