Pirates Open Fall Season at Alex Lagowitz Memorial

HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will open the 2021 fall season with three rounds of golf at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial at Seven Oaks Golf Club, September 4-5.

The annual event, now in its fourth 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 4-5, 2021

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 11 other schools: Bucknell, Cornell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Rhode Island, Rider, St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Villanova and Yale.

The Format:
Teams will play six golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

The Seton Hall Lineup:
The Pirates are sending its entire roster to the season-opening tournament. With a roster of 12, its largest in several years, The Hall will field two full teams.

TEAM "A"

Andres Acevedo, Graduate Student
Gregor Tait, Graduate Student
Deven Ramachandran, Senior
Brody Hanley, Sophomore
Wenliang Xie, Junior
Alex Sun, Sophomore

TEAM "B"

Angus O'Brien, Freshman
James Bosworth, Junior
Peter Tyler Po, Senior
Joshua Lee, Freshman
Ian Lee, Senior
Hunter Ramee, Senior

Last Time at this event:
Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) fired an even-par, 72, in the final round to lift the Pirates to a third-place finish at the 2019 Alex Lagowitz Memorial. Tait's final round ended with a flourish, as he birdied four of the final six holes. He tied for fifth place with a 1-over-par, 72-73-72-217.

As a team, The Hall finished third with a 10-over-par, 298, in round three. For the tournament, the Pirates were 21-over-par with a 290-297-298-885, finishing five strokes behind the team champion, Cornell. Bucknell finished second at 19-over-par. Seton Hall's lone BIG EAST competition, Villanova, finished at a distant 33-over-par.

Schedule:
The teams will play 36 continuous holes on Saturday, and one final round on Sunday. Both days will begin with a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m.

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.