EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J.-- (
Third Round Results) Princeton posted a 23-over par 875 to claim its League-leading 21st Ivy League title since 1975, ending a five-year drought for the Tigers.
Princeton (+23, 288-296-291—875) withstood a final-round surge from Columbia (+24, 303-290-283) and a head-to-head battle with Yale (+25, 296-290-291—877) to lead from start-to-finish.
This is the first time in the 45-year history of the Ivy League Men’s Golf Championship that the top three teams were separated by two-or-fewer strokes.
Junior
Evan Quinn (+1, 72), sophomore
Sam Clayman (+2, 73), sophomore
Jake Mayer (+2, 73) and sophomore
Jack Roberts (+2, 73) contributed to the Tigers’ final round team score.
Individual titlist
James Nicholas (+1, 72) paced the Yale scoring four, finishing the three-day affair at two-over par 215 (74-69-72).
Columbia sophomore
Arjun Puri posted the best round of the 54-hole championship—a five-under par 66—as part of Columbia’s one-under par 283 in final round action. The Lion effort was the lone under-par team round of the championship.
Dartmouth (+35, 300-297-290—887), Penn (+35, 305-292-290—887), Harvard (+38, 303-295-292—890), Cornell (+44, 299-301-296—896) and Brown (+78, 317-311-302—930) rounded out the eight-team Ivy League field.