The Boston University men’s golf team competed in the two-day North Eastern Division I Tournament held in Providence, R.I., finishing last out of 16 teams on Saturday after being in 15th place after the event’s first day Friday.
“It was a good day weather wise,” said BU coach Gary Skrinar, in his 16th season with the Terriers. “But the scores weren’t so hot.”
The Terriers, led by sophomore Mike O’Day (77), shot a 323 Friday. Senior Remington Sloan and freshman Chris Conroy each shot an 80, while sophomore Mark DiCristofaro shot an 86 and freshman David Rubin walked away with a 92.
“We struggled over the course of the two days,” Conroy said. “Myself included.”
Playing through early fog Saturday, the Terriers’ scores were equally hazy, finishing with a 332. Sloan and Conroy shot identical scores of 81, with O’Day (82), Discristaforo (89) and Rubin (92) following suit.
“Today, three guys did kind of well,” Skrinar said. “Otherwise, we did not do well at all.”
The Terriers were up by 10 strokes on Providence College Friday, but relinquished their position to lose by three Saturday.
“It was pretty bad,” Conroy said. “We even finished behind a club team.”
When asked if the team needed more practice, Skrinar said that there are not many scheduled practices because the weather in the spring is too unpredictable.
“We should practice more because it’s been such nice weather recently,” Skrinar said.
The team does find time to practice anywhere they can, however. After the first day, the Terriers experimented with their hotel’s 75-yard long hallway.
“We putted the ball down and back trying to put it in a little glass jar for the whole night,” Conroy said. “It was a good time. We got it four times.”
Conroy said despite the Terriers’ disappointing performance, they were still having a good time.
“There was definitely no team there who had more fun that we did,” Conroy said. “It’s BU golf. We have fun.”
The Terriers next play today at the 33rd annual Lou Flumere Invitational in Stow, Mass. This is the final event before the America East Conference Tournament, which is set to start May 1 on the Pines course, which, according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the world’s longest golf course.
“We’re playing on a nice course for the America East Tournament,” Skrinar said. “We have that to look forward to.”