Pirates Open Fall Season at Alex Lagowitz Memorial

HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will open the 2018 fall season with three rounds of golf at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial at Seven Oaks Golf Club, September 8-9.

The annual event, now in its second year, is played in memory of Seton Hall assistant coach Ian Lagowitz's son, Alex, who passed away in 2016. Alex was a former member of the Colgate men's golf team, which hosts this tournament.

Tournament Details:
ALEX LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL
Host: Colgate University
Location: Hamilton, N.Y.
Course: Seven Oaks Golf Club
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,834 yards
Dates: September 8-9, 2018

The Course:
Named for the ancestral home of the Colgate family, Seven Oaks Golf Club is nestled on the Colgate University Campus at the upper end of the Chenango Valley, in Hamilton, New York. In 1934, a young architect by the name of Robert Trent Jones was brought to Hamilton to begin work on designing the course as one of his first projects. Unfortunately, due to the great depression and WWII, the course and his plans were continuously postponed.

Jones was called back many times throughout the following years to redesign the course before a final version was accepted and it was not until 1956 that ground was broken on the first nine holes, officially opening on July 4th, 1958. Construction for the remainder of the course soon began and on September 4th, 1965 the last nine holes were opened for play.

Seven Oaks is characteristic of all Jones' courses, which include strategic deployment of water, along with extensive tee areas and large, expansive greens.

The Field:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Colgate, the field includes 13 other schools: Army, Binghamton, Bucknell, Canisius, Columbia, Cornell, Drexel, Fairleigh Dickinson, Lafayette, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Rider and St. Bonaventure.

The Seton Hall Lineup:
The Pirates are sending its entire roster to the season-opening tournament. With a roster of nine, its largest in several years, The Hall is able to field two teams.

TEAM "A"

Chris Yeom, Senior
Gen Nagai, Senior
Gregor Tait, Sophomore
Andres Acevedo, Freshman
Alex McAuley, Junior

TEAM "B"

Alex Chalk, Junior
Deven Ramachandran, Freshman
Tyler Po, Freshman
Hunter Ramee, Freshman

Last Time at Seven Oaks:
Gen Nagai (Mandaue Cebu City, Philippines) fired an even-par, 72, in Sunday's final round to lead the Pirates to a fourth place team finish in last year's event. Nagai was fueled by five birdies in round three and finished the tournament tied for 16h place with a 7-over-par, 75-76-72-223.

Overall, the Pirates climbed one spot to finish fourth in the 16-team standings. The Hall shot a 14-over-par, 302, in Sunday's final round to finish at 33-over-par for the tournament with a 292-303-302-897. North Dakota State won the team title at 20-over-par.

The top Pirate performer for the weekend was Chris Yeom (Flushing, N.Y.), who tallied a 2-over-par, 74, on Sunday. Yeom had three birdies, but was plagued by a +3 on the par-4, 10^th hole, the same hole that stymied Nagai in the first round yesterday. For the tournament, Yeom tied for fifth with a 3-over-par, 75-76-72-223. It's Yeom's first career top-5 finish.

Schedule:
The teams will play 36 continuous holes on Saturday, and one final round on Sunday.

Results:
Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament via Golfstat.com. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.