MEN'S GOLF WINS FIRELINE TOWSON INVITATIONAL; Kim, Neufeld Tie for Fifth
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
GRASONVILLE, MD. - The Seton Hall men's golf team edged Northern Colorado by one stroke in Sunday's playoff to claim the team championship among 22 teams at the 2012 Fireline Towson Invitational.
Northern Colorado counted four pars in the playoff, while Seton Hall logged a birdie and three pars to win the extra session. Senior Troy Spencer (High Point, N.C.) notched the winning birdie for the Pirates and Derrick Kim (New City, N.Y.) impressively saved par after finding a sand trap.
"We played well all tournament long," said Head Coach Clay White. "It's nice to see their hard work pay off with a championship. We've now won two of our last three tournaments and I think we've begun to turn the corner as a team that has a chance to win any tournament we enter."
Kim was the standout performer for the Pirates during round three. The freshman fired a 2-under-par, 70, in the final round to pace Seton Hall to a first place team tie with Northern Colorado, setting up the dramatic playoff.
Seton Hall had a four-stroke lead entering the final round, but Northern Colorado was able to shoot four strokes better than the Pirates today, 289-to-293. For the three-round event, Seton Hall was 7-over-par with a 294-284-293-871.
2012 FIRELINE TOWSON INVITATIONAL
FINAL TEAM LEADERBOARD
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | Score | Current |
| SETON HALL | 294 | 284 | 293 | 871 | +7 | T-First |
| Northern Colorado | 288 | 294 | 289 | 871 | +7 | T-First |
| Navy | 294 | 288 | 297 | 879 | +15 | T-Third |
| Penn State | 294 | 293 | 292 | 879 | +15 | T-Third |
| Binghamton | 300 | 294 | 289 | 883 | +19 | Fifth |
| Hartford | 295 | 292 | 297 | 884 | +20 | Sixth |
| Loyola (Md.) | 304 | 296 | 288 | 888 | +24 | T-Seventh |
| Lafayette | 303 | 286 | 299 | 888 | +24 | T-Seventh |
| Mount St. Mary's | 305 | 288 | 299 | 892 | +28 | Ninth |
| Bethune-Cookman | 301 | 297 | 299 | 897 | +33 | 10th |
| Central Conn. St. | 290 | 313 | 297 | 900 | +36 | T-11th |
| Sacred Heart | 302 | 302 | 296 | 900 | +36 | T-11th |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 298 | 299 | 305 | 902 | +38 | T-13th |
| Fairfield | 298 | 307 | 297 | 902 | +38 | T-13th |
| Saint Peter's | 303 | 300 | 300 | 903 | +39 | 15th |
| LIU | 305 | 302 | 301 | 908 | +44 | 16th |
| Towson | 307 | 301 | 302 | 909 | +45 | 17th |
| Cornell | 305 | 305 | 302 | 912 | +48 | 18th |
| Colgate | 305 | 306 | 311 | 922 | +58 | T-19th |
| Canisius | 310 | 304 | 308 | 922 | +58 | T-19th |
| Drexel | 319 | 298 | 309 | 926 | +62 | 21st |
| St. Bonaventure | 316 | 315 | 305 | 936 | +72 | 22nd |
For Kim, it was his best performance as a collegian. He finished the tournament tied for fifth among 120 individual golfers with teammate John Dawson Neufeld (Calgary, Canada). Kim and Neufeld finished at even par. Kim was 73-73-70-216, while Neufeld was 75-67-74-216. Both finished seven strokes behind the individual champion, Jay Mulleri of Loyola.
Twenty-two teams competed in the three-day, three-round tournament on the par-72 course at Prospect Bay Country Club. The 14th annual event on Maryland's picturesque Eastern Shore, featured host Towson, Bethune-Cookman, Binghamton, Canisius, Central Connecticut, Colgate, Cornell, Drexel, Fairfield, Fairleigh-Dickinson, Hartford, Lafayette, LIU, Loyola, Mt. St. Mary's, Navy, Northern Colorado, Penn State, Sacred Heart, St. Bonaventure and Saint Peter's and Seton Hall.
Gary Dunne (Wicklow, Ireland) turned in one of the best performances of his career and logged his second top-10 finish as a sophomore, tying for seventh. Dunne finished just 1-over-par with a 71-71-75-217.
Spencer tied for 24th overall with a 6-over-par, 75-73-74-222, while junior Brandon Park (Weston, Fla.) struggled in Sunday's final round falling to 15-over-par with a 76-73-82-231.
Seton Hall will return to the links next Saturday for the Yale Spring Opener in New Haven, Conn.
2012 FIRELINE TOWSON INVITATIONAL
FINAL SETON HALL SCORE CARD
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | Score | Current |
| John Dawson Neufeld | 75 | 67 | 74 | 216 | Even | T-Fifth |
| Derrick Kim | 73 | 73 | 70 | 216 | Even | T-Fifth |
| Gary Dunne | 71 | 71 | 75 | 217 | +1 | T-Seventh |
| Troy Spencer | 75 | 73 | 74 | 222 | +6 | T-24th |
| Brandon Park | 76 | 73 | 82 | 231 | +15 | T-73rd |
