The Oberlin College men’s varsity golf team completed a two-day tournament at the Nye Intercollegiate Invitational at the College of Wooster last weekend, April 15-16.

After 18 holes, senior Thomas King led the Yeomen with an 88, with first-year player Matthew Standeven close behind with a score of 90.

Following suit was senior Prithvi Reddy, who ended his first day at the Nye Invitational with a 91. Senior Brian Block shot a respectable 95, while first-year Saul Flores shot a 118 over his 18 holes. “It was pretty bad,” said Flores. “I had a lot of mental issues that day.”

Although they had put forth a valiant effort, Oberlin had a 364 cumulative score by the end of the first day and ranked 16th place out of 16 teams. The Yeomen hit the sack early Friday night with the hopes of redeeming themselves for the second day of the tournament, which started at 10 a.m.

Despite the team’s high hopes, the second 18 holes were pretty much the same as the first for the Yeomen.

“The Wooster tournament was rough for me,” said King.“It was one of those tournaments where it seemed I couldn’t do anything right, but that happens.”

King led the Yeomen again on the second day, bettering his previous day’s score by one stroke, finishing with an 87, giving him a final score of 175, good for 76th place overall.

Standeven finished second for the Yeomen with a second-day score of 99 and a final score of 189 for 88th place. Immediately behind Standeven was Block in 89th place, who finished his second day with 96 strokes and a final score of 191.

Reddy came back for his second half by firing out a 110, giving him a final score of 201 for his 36 holes, good for 90th place. Flores bettered his score by 12 points on the second day with a 96.

Despite his significant improvement, Flores was not very happy with his performance.

“I played pretty badly,” he said. “I was playing number four [for Oberlin], but finished number five.” Flores completed the second day of the tournament in 94th place with a total of 214 strokes.

“I don’t think anyone of the team played very well,” commented Flores. “Even [Coach New] was pretty quiet about most of it,” he said.

Oberlin’s second-day score was 378, one stroke better than Kenyon College’s 379. But by the end of the 36-hole tournament, Oberlin College finished with a grand total of 742, placing the Yeomen in 16th, only two strokes short of Kenyon in 15th place.

Despite the team’s low morale after the Nye Invitational, King noted that, “This coming weekend at Ohio Wesleyan...should be a lot better.”