Hofstra’s Sean Cavanaugh earned top honors for the Pride golf team at last weekend’s Doc Gimmler tournament, shooting an even par 70 in his final round Sunday to finish in a tie for 15th place.
Cavanaugh steadily improved over the course of his weekend, shaving off two strokes from his opening round 72 on Friday to lead the Pride on Sunday at even par.
Hofstra would finish seventh as a team in the tournament, shooting a combined 859 to finish at a total 19 strokes over par, finishing in a tie with host school St. John’s.
The Pride finished 34 strokes behind the Doc Gimmler champs from the University of Rhode Island, who shot a 835 (-15) to win the tournament.
The Rams’ Dawson Jones shot the lowest round of the tournament on Saturday, carding an impressive 63 (-7).
The University of Connecticut’s Jimmy Hervol won the individual title, shooting a combined 199 (-11) to beat URI’s Jones by three strokes.
Seton Hall University finished in second place behind the Rams, finishing with a team score of 830 (-10), just five strokes behind Rhode Island.
The Pirates were led by Lloyd Jefferson Go, who finished tied for third in the individual competition with a three-round score of 203 (-7), four strokes behind the winner Hervol.
For the Pride, in addition to Cavanaugh, David Won shot an even-par 70 on Friday, and improved to shoot 69 (-1) on Saturday before slipping in his final round, shooting a 75 (+5) to finish tied for 28th.
Johnson Ko and David Shelly also shot rounds of even par or better for the Pride, with Ko shooting a 68 (-2) on Friday, the lowest round by any member of Hofstra in the tournament.
Ko, a senior from Great Neck, NY, would go on to finish tied for 35th.
Shelly shot an opening-round 69 (-1) before carding consecutive 75’s on Saturday and Sunday to finish tied for 43rd.
Kenyon Kautz was also in action for the Pride at the Doc Gimmler, shooting rounds of 79, 74, and 81 to finish with a combined 234 (+24).
The tournament, held at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, NY, was Hofstra’s first tournament of the fall season.
The Hofstra golf team will head back out on the links in Tuesday’s Hartford Hawks Invitational, to be played at the Bull’s Bridge Golf Club in South Kent, CT.
