GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Ty Ford and
Jack Carew both placed among the individual top 10 to set the pace for Fairfield University Men's Golf this week at the Nassau Intercollegiate. Ford finished tied for eighth place and Carew earned a share of 10th in the 41-man field at Nassau Country Club.
Ford carded a 73 and back-to-back rounds of 72 on the par-70 course, finishing four strokes off the overall pace. Carew fired two straight rounds of 72 and then finished with a 74 to merit his place in the top 10 finishers.
Will Carlin was also in the top half of the field with a share of 17th place, fueled by an opening-round 71.
Tadgh Burke placed 22nd,
Drew Southwell finished 28th, and
Ben Madden claimed a tie for 32nd place playing as an individual.
Medalist honors went to Lehigh's Nathan Le-Nguyen and St. John's Eli Weidmann, who each turned in a 213 (+3) for the week.
On the team ledger, the Stags topped Hartford and the Bryant 'B' squad to take fifth place. St. John's won the tournament by two shots over Bryant, followed by Lehigh and host LIU.
Fairfield Men's Golf returns to New York next week to conclude the fall schedule at the Wykagyl Collegiate on Oct. 26-27 in New Rochelle.
