Preparation is generally considered the key to success in athletic competition. Being a successful Division I team generally requires months of practice before the first game. Without that practice, it is difficult to be sharp and almost impossible to win.
Such was the case for the men's golf team this past weekend, as the Tigers finished 16th in a 27 team field at the Navy Fall Classic in Annapolis, MD. Several members of the five-man traveling squad arrived on campus just one day before the team departed for Chesapeake Country, and the hurried circumstances proved detrimental.
"There's a lot that we're thinking about out there that isn't golf," senior captain James Milam said.
Though the Tigers return four of five players from last year's Ivy League championship team, they were stomped by league foe Penn. The Quakers finished second with a two-day total of 585 — 20 strokes better than Princeton's 605. In addition, the Tigers finished more than ten strokes behind regional rivals St. Johns, Temple, and Seton Hall.
Sophomore Greg Johnson led the Tigers with two-day total of 149, firing a 73 on the first day and 76 on the second. Johnson's drop from the first round to the second was typical of the Princeton five. The Tigers were tied for 7th after firing a 298 on the first day, but their second-day 307 — good for 22nd on the round — dropped far from contention.
"I didn't really play very well either day," Milam explained, "but my bad swings just hurt more in the second round than the first."
Milam was not surprised that the team would be rusty after a summer's layoff that included lengthy trips abroad for several team members, and expects that the coming weeks will provide the team with a chance to again hone their skills.
Furthermore, several of the team's promising recruits will attend their first class, giving the team an added boost.
The Tigers will have their first chance to redeem themselves in two weeks time at the James Madison Invitational, Sept. 22-23.
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