Men’s golf finishes 11th out of 14 teams at St. John’s Invitational in Bethpage, N.Y.

Despite suffering from a knee injury for the past few weeks, captain D. J. Hynes of the Harvard men’s golf team clubbed consistent scores of 71-74-74 to lead the Crimson to an 11th-place finish out of the 14 teams present at the St. John’s Invitational this weekend.

“This is by far the best tournament [with respect to the field’s level of play] that we’ll play all fall,” Hynes said.

Hynes was also encouraged by his personal performance.

“I was coming off a knee injury, so I was happy to know nothing was bothering me physically,” he said.

Harvard finished tied with Seton Hall University, carding a combined score of 890 (294-292-304) in three rounds, which included solid performances by all three freshmen, who joined Hynes and junior Tom Hegge in New York this weekend.

“We were psyched about the freshmen,” Hynes said. “They played very well. We’re psyched about the prospects of the [upcoming] tournaments.”

“[The freshmen] played as well as we could have hoped,” Hegge said.

Especially impressive among the freshmen was John Christensen, who shot a combined score of 220 (73-70-77), just a stroke behind Hynes and tying for 39th place in the tournament.

Freshman Michael Shore also played well despite windy conditions on the course in the final round, finishing at 225 (74-73-78). Freshman Josh Isner, after posting a respectable 76 in the first round of play, struggled in the final two rounds with scores of 81-85.

In contrast to Isner, who started in good shape but faltered at the end, Hegge began with a poor 83 in the first round, but limited the damage by elevating his level of play in the next two rounds, posting scores of 75-75.

The Crimson now prepares for the ECAC Championships in Connecticut next weekend.

—TONY D. QIAN