Robertson Places Third, Leads Lions to Fifth Place Finish at Matthews Auto Intercollegiate

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Robertson Places Third, Leads Lions to Fifth Place Finish at Matthews Auto Intercollegiate

10/1/2018 8:53:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Robertson places third after finishing with a four-under-par 69-71-140, uses back-nine on both days to record career-low two-round total.

APALACHIN, N.Y.—Columbia sophomore John Robertson was in the title chase until the very end and placed third after finishing with a four-under-par 69-71-140 Monday afternoon at the Matthews Auto Intercollegiate. Robertson, who finished one stroke out of first place, led the Columbia men's golf team to a fifth-place finish at the two-round, 36-hole event held at The Links at Hiawatha Landing and hosted by Binghamton.

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After Sunday's first round, Robertson found himself in a six-way tie for second place after shooting a career-low three-under-par 69. But while most in the pack fell off on Monday, Robertson maintained and improved as he progressed through the course. After carding over-par on the front nine, Robertson fired four birdies on the back nine on holes 12, 14, 16 and 18 to stay in the title race and finish at one-under-par 71. Binghamton's Justin Lane and Zachary Ottman both finished one stroke ahead of Robertson and tied for the individual championship at five-under-par 139.

"The difference for me was keeping my head up throughout the whole round," Robertson said. "Both rounds I played over par on the front nine but I knew that if I just trusted by swing and my process that I could end up shooting a better score. So I played the back nines really well this week."

On Sunday, Robertson registered his career-low round of 69 with five birdies and used four consecutive birdies on holes 14, 15, 16 and 17 to record a four-under-par 32 on the back nine.

For the weekend, he ranked second in the field with nine birdies and he finished tied for first in par-4 scoring at 3.80 (under-4).

As a team, Columbia combined to shoot a four-over-par 293-292-585 to place fifth in the team competition. Binghamton maintained its lead on Monday and won the invitational with a 14-under-par 277-285-562. Longwood (four-over-par 289-291-580) and St. Bonaventure (four-over-par 293-287-580) finished tied for second and Robert Morris finished one stroke ahead of Columbia for fourth place.

Robertson wasn't alone in leading the Lions. Junior Nick Brisebois finished in 21^st place after shooting a two-over-par 73-73-146. On Sunday, Brisebois recorded a team-high 15 pars and finished with one birdie and two bogeys on the day. On Monday, he carded four birdies and an eagle.

Rounding out Columbia scorers were sophomore Youn Sung Kim, who placed 30^th with a five-over-par 75-74-149, first-year Daniel Core put together eight birdies and carded a six-over-par 76-74-150 for 37th place and first-year Derek Kim used five total birdies to shoot a 10-over-par 78-76-154 for 55^th place. First-year Pat Healy, who competed as an individual, shot a 12-over-par 80-76-156. He registered four birdies on Monday.

Sixteen total teams competed in the event including host Binghamton, Binghamton B, Canisius, Columbia, Lafayette, Lehigh, LIU-Brooklyn, Longwood, Monmouth, Niagara, Ottawa, Rider, Robert Morris, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis, N.Y. and Siena. The Links at Hiawatha Landing is a par-72, 7,159-yard course.