Pantelas, a Pirate phenom, has one more Big East curtain call
The Seton Hall women’s golf team is one day away from kicking off the Big East Championships on April 20, an event the Pirates have won three of the last four years. Building up to this contest, the Hall turned in a season with three first-place finishes. The team also took part in the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational in Columbus, Ohio on April 14. The Pirates were just a few hours away from Canton, Ohio, known as the home of the...
Consistency, confidence key to men’s golf championship run
The men’s golf season is nearing its end, with just the Big East Championship remaining. Coming off an eighth-place finish in Princeton, N.J. on April 7 and a sixth-place finish in State College, Penn. at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, the Pirates will look to finish with their best performance of the year in Callawassie Island, S.C. at the Big East Championship from April 29 to May 1. Consistency has at times been lacking for the...
Maturing Pirates see improvement as seniors lead the way
Last season was one of uncertainty for Seton Hall women’s golf. With a roster made up of seven golfers, three of whom were freshmen, and no seniors, it seemed like a rebuilding year. However, the Pirates showed flashes of brilliance, finishing in the top five in three tournaments during the spring season, including second place at the Jack Rabbit Invitational on March 11. This spring was a time for the team to build on that success....
Men’s golf places sixth behind stellar tournament by Yeom
Chris Yeom tied for third place out of 74 individual golfers with a 2-under-par weekend, helping the Seton Hall men’s golf team to a sixth-place finish at the 2018 Rutherford Intercollegiate, which took place from Saturday to Sunday, in State College, Pa. Yeom, who finished five strokes behind the overall individual winner, Penn State’s Cole Miller, recorded his third top-five result of the 2017-18 season and fifth sub-par result,...
Pirates slump to eighth in Princeton Invitational
The Seton Hall men’s golf team landed in eighth place at the Princeton Invitational over the weekend, powered by a 1-over-par performance by junior Chris Yeom. After wearing Masters green jackets and taking home the title in the Princeton Invitational last year, the team was not able to emulate the same success at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton during Masters Weekend 2018. Yeom opened the invitational on Friday with a...
The British Boys: Bond and history behind the men’s golf trio
Every good group has a nickname, and the British trio that makes up nearly half of the Seton Hall men’s golf team is no different. “The British Boys,” as they are called, consists of sophomores Alex McAuley and Alex Chalk, from Douglas, Isle of Man and Castle Douglas, Scotland, in addition to freshman Gregor Tait from Martlesham Heath, England. Before they crossed the pond to play golf at the Hall, they were familiar with one another...
Pirates climb up leaderboard and take fourth at Kingsmill Intercollegiate
Scotland native Alex Chalk finished an even-par 70 in the final round, as the Pirates captured a fourth-place finish in the 2018 Kingsmill Intercollegiate, held in Williamsburg, Va. Things only got better for the Pirates, as their charge up the leaderboard began in the second round on Monday and culminated in the third and final round on Tuesday. The tournament opened on Sunday, with freshman Gregor Tait leading the Pirates in the...
Kness is boost women’s golf needed to return to form
Mia Kness, a freshman on the women’s golf team, is making strides in her first year and has the Pirates heating up in time for the Big East Championship. From the time she stepped on the collegiate course, Kness not only kept up with the competition, but also shot past it. Her strong freshman year began in the fall, with three top-20 finishes in her first four tournaments followed by her first individual title in the Brown Bear...
Strong final round helps Pirates land 10th in second spring tournament
The Seton Hall women’s golf team began its two-tournament run in the Carolinas on Monday and Tuesday with a 10th place finish in the 14-team River Landing Classic in Wallace, N.C. The tournament, which was hosted by the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and East Carolina University, was the Pirates second competitive action of the spring season, following up a first place finish in the Rio Verde Invitational on Feb. 25. The...
How a vacation sparked golf dreams for Gregor Tait
Many people play golf on vacation, but few love it enough to devote nearly every day after returning to train and become one of the best young players in their country. Then again, most people are not Seton Hall freshman Gregor Tait. On Feb. 13, Tait became just the 11th Pirate to win an individual title, as the 20-year-old finished in first at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Fla. As the son of Scottish parents, Tait...
Palm Valley Paradise: Pirates set eight records in the Loyola Intercollegiate
The Seton Hall men’s golf team shot a program-record 24-under-par, finishing seventh out of 17 teams at the Loyola Intercollegiate in Goodyear, Ariz. Seton Hall junior Chris Yeom singlehandedly broke two records and tied one in what was a prolific two days for the Pirates at the Palm Valley Golf Course. Yeom was a standout, remarkably finishing sixth individually out of 107 golfers despite tying a program record with his three-round...
Pirates finish tournament-to-remember with program record and individual title
The Seton Hall men’s golf team finished what was a historic three days in the UNC Greensboro Martin Downs Collegiate in Palms City, Fla., recording an aggregate score of 853 on the tournament, the lowest ever in program history. In just his sixth collegiate tournament, freshman Gregor Tait shot a 9-under-par, 207, to earn the individual title. The triumph was the first individual title won by a Pirate since Lloyd Jefferson Go at the...
