HERSHEY, Pa. – The Ursinus College men's golf team wrapped up the 2021 season with a sixth-place finish at the Centennial Conference championship.
Jordan Pick finished 17th individually to lead the Bears, who wrapped up the tournament with a two-day 706 (350-356) at Hershey Country Club's East Course.
Franklin & Marshall won the team title in dramatic fashion, edging Gettysburg by one stroke with a total of 624 strokes. It marked the third time that the conference championship was decided by one shot or less – and the previous two both involved Ursinus. McDaniel edged the Bears by a single stroke in 2000, and the 1997 tournament saw the only tie in event history between Ursinus and Muhlenberg.
Gettysburg's Quinn Greene, the Day 1 leader, retained his pole position to claim the individual crown with a 6-over 148 (71-77) by four strokes over F&M's Jas Fuhrer (75-77—152).
Pick shaved five shots off his Saturday tally, and did so in large part thanks to a sizzling closing stretch in which he needed just 38 swings to get through the back nine. Holes 10-18 consisted of four pars, four bogeys, and a birdie on the par-3 13th for Pick, who paced the Bears all spring.
Pick's impressive tournament featured 19 pars, tied for fifth-best in the 30-man field.
Peyton Vostenak's championship debut was strong, with the junior trimming three shots off his Round 1 total to place 25th with a 181 (92-89). He logged six pars on Sunday, and only surpassed bogey on five holes.
Billy Cardino finished right behind Vostenak at 182 (86-96), and managed to join Pick with a birdie on Sunday. He made 2 on the par-3 2nd hole and added two pars for the afternoon.
Kai Toomey (93-91—184) led the Bears with two birdies on the day, making 4 on the par-5 6th and 3 on the par-4 17th hole. The only Ursinus player to notch multiple birdies for the tournament, he also registered five pars. Toomey played the par-5 holes particularly well, averaging exactly 5.00 strokes to tie for the 5th-best individual scoring average.
T.J. Stanton posted two pars on the way to a 97 (87-97—184).