Golf Places Second at GW Invitational

Blankvoort Edged by a Stroke at Swan Point

Coach Scott Allen's squad placed second out of 16 teams at the GW Invitational.

April 1, 2002

ISSUE, MD - GW's Thomas Blankvoort (Curacao, Netherlands) shot an even-par 72 in Sunday's first round of the GW Invitational and a 74 in the second round to place second, just one stroke behind Yale's Chris Eckerle at the 6,761-yard Swan Point Golf Club in Issue, MD.

Yale's 602 won the tournament with the host Colonials posting a 614 to finish second, 12 strokes off the pace.

GW sophomore Charles Taylor (St. Lambert, Quebec) finished in a four-way tie for 18th with a 156. Colonials' juniors Michael Ball (Potomac, MD) and Brad Friedlander (Baltimore, MD/Pikesville) were a stroke behind Taylor in a five-way tie for 22nd, each with 158.

GW "A" Team individual scores (82 total players):
2nd Thomas Blankvoort 72-74 - 146
T-18th Charles Taylor 77-79 - 156
T-22nd Michael Ball 75-83 - 158
T-32nd Bryan Derdenger 89-72 - 161
T-59th Tim Derdenger 82-91 - 173

GW "B" Team individual scores:
T-22nd Brad Friedlander 78-80 - 158
T-37th Stuart Healey 82-81 - 163
71st Reid Rosenthal 89-89 - 178
T-72nd Ameet Patil 86-93 - 179

The Colonials compete in the Navy Spring Invitational April 6-7 at Annapolis, MD.

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