GOLF: Gryphons Earn 2nd Place Finish at Gryphon Invitational

Guelph, ON - "Trending in the right direction." That was the phrase used by Brandon McLeod, the first year Head Golf Coach at the University of Guelph, regarding his team's overall performance so far in 2015. On Monday (October 5) at their home course of Cutten Fields, the Gryphons Men's Golf team finished 2nd out of 10 schools in the overall team standings at the one-day Gryphon Invitational tournament. With that result, the Gryphons Men's team has now reached the podium at each of their three events this season following third place finishes at both the Western and Toronto Invitationals in September.

In total, 12 Gryphon golfers teed it up on Monday at Cutten Fields (10 Men, 2 Women). Despite overcast skies and a light drizzle early in the morning, conditions at tee time were nearly perfect for this time of the year as temperatures hovered around 17 degrees with almost no wind to speak of. The Men's format for Monday's competition was as follows: each team is asked to select 5 golfers whose score will be added together (with the highest score of those 5 golfers being thrown out, and only the top 4 being tallied). The 5 Gryphons Men's golfers selected on Monday were Josh Polisuk, Scott Banks, Jacob Lehman, Marc-Anthony Manion and Nick Striker. Of that group, Polisuk led the way with a 72 followed closed behind by 2014 OUA All-Star Scott Banks with a 73. Lehman and Manion both fired 74's while Striker finished with a 78. The Gryphons team score of 293 was a stroke better than Laurier and Western, giving the Gryphons a 2nd place finish in the team standings.

Jack Shoreman, a rookie on the Gryphon Golf team, fired an impressive 72 to join Polisuk in the Top 10 of the overall individual scoring leaders. Fellow rookie Patrick Alves was coming off an impressive performance at the UW/WLU Invitational. In gael force winds Saturday at Rebel Creek, Alves shot a spectacular round of 70 - leading the field. On Monday, Alves showed some nice form once again as he finished with a 73. Third year Guelph native David Fell was also coming off an impressive weekend after shooting a blistering 65 at Grey Silo on Sunday. On Monday at Cutten, Fell posted a 77 while teammates Trevor Whiton (74), Nick Striker (78) and Nick Freeman (79) rounded out the scoring for the Gryphons.

On the Women's side, the Gryphons technically did not qualify for the overall team score (as a mimimum of 3 players are required to post scores) - but individually, both Madeline Decorso and Breanna Shannon posted their best scores of the year with an 89 and 92 respectively.

Up next for the Gryphons Golf teams, a trip to Dundas for the McMaster Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Men's Team Totals

Rank	School	Score
1	Waterloo	284
2	Guelph	293
T3	Laurier	294
T3	Western	294
4	Windsor	298
5	McMaster	300
6	Brock	301
7	Laurentian	323
8	Trent	330
9	Ryerson	335

Gryphons Men's Individual Scores

Josh Polisuk	72
Jack Shoreman	72
Scott Banks	73
Patrick Alves	73
Jacob Lehman	74
Marc-Anthony Manion	74
Trevor Whiton	74
David Fell	77
Nick Striker	78
Nick Freeman	79

Overall Men's Individual Scores

Name	School	Score
Jake Adams	Waterloo	69
Austin Ryan	Laurier	69
Michael Britton	Windsor	71
David French	Waterloo	71
Devin Bartlett	Waterloo	71
Mac Carter	Western	71
Callum Biehn	Western	71
Eric Flockhart	Laurier	71
Josh Polisuk	Guelph	72
Jack Shoreman	Guelph	72
Jamie Cherutti	McMaster	72