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The Crimson linksters returned from the golfing Valhalla of the Florida panhandle with a slew of sub-80 rounds and an encouraging 5-3 record.
The golfers finished sandwiched between Jacksonville and Flagler in their first duel match played on Flagler's home 18, the Donald Ross-designed Ponce de Leon course. Flagler is a small college golfing titan, so the Crimson's one-stroke victory proved as rare and refreshing as the barbecued steaks served up by Flagler's colorful coach Hoop Thebault at his St. Augustine condominium.
Jacksonville won the match with a team aggregate of 313 while Harvard racked up a 316 total. Captain Alex Vik led the linksmen with a round of 75 after carding an unedifying eight on the first hole. The smooth-swinging freshman duo of Glenn Alexander and Brett Johnson twirled rounds of 75 and 77. Alexander, whose drives are nothing short of majestic, never failed to break 80 in competition.
The linksters then traveled down to Melbourne, Fla., to play in the Florida Institute of Technology Invitational. The squad trailed behind Flagler and Florida Tech despite uncorking four rounds in the 70s, but buried MIT by 25 strokes.
The team finished off the trip by winning a tournament against Bucknell, Colgate and the Baptist College of Charlestown, held at the King's Grant golf course in Sommerville, S.C. Alexander led Harvard with a 75 and Vik, after starting off with an eight once again, fired a 76 to match junior Spence Fitzgibbons.
The linksters also played Sawgrass, a torturous macedoine of water, sand and jungle that terrorizes pros and duffers alike. Sawgrass is the site of the annual Tournament of Players Championship and perennially exacts the highest winning score on the pro tour.
Alexander would have had a 79 if he had managed to par the last hole on a round foreshortened by darkness. This is a splendid achievement considering that pro Don Bies quipped after last year's TPC: "I shot an 80 and never lost the honor."
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