Golf Team Drops Big Three Match At Brookline C.C.

The Harvard varsity golf team took it on the chin yesterday at they finished third in the Big Three match at The Country Club in Brookline.

Harvard held the lead over the first nine holes but squandered its edge on the back nine, as it finished behind Princeton by ten strokes and trailed Yale by two, Andy Marks, who started slowly this season, led the Crimson with a 75--the best overall score of the match. "Every dog has his day," he said afterwards.

"We were really psyched up for the match," Marks said. "It's a very mental game, especially on that course."

Marks said the Brookline layout, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1963, was very demanding. "It won't overly penalize you for bad shots, but you have to be really hot to score well on it," he added. Except for a brisk wind early in the afternoon, the varsity golfers enjoyed excellent weather during the contest.

Quinn Smith shot an 82 while Skip Barry, John Stoviak. Terry Wynne and Skip Kistner all scored in the mid-80's. "Everybody went sour together," Barry said. The only thing I saw go right all day was Terry Wynne's 40 year putt for a birdie on the last hole."

The varsity, which now sports a 6-4 record, is preparing for matches next week with Cornell and Holy Cross. Next weekend the team travels to New Haven for the Eastern Championships. The Crimson expect to face stiff competition there from Princeton, Penn Penn St., and home town Yale. "We'll feel redeemed if we do well there," said Barry.

"Everybody in the world will be playing down there," he continued. "The key to the thing is to ignore them all too up and play your own game."