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Alex Vik, Harvard's D'Artagnan of the links, dueled playing partner Peter Tervainen from Dartmouth for 36 holes over the Agawam Hunt golf course in the Ivy League Championship yesterday. Vik reeled off rounds of 73 and 69 to finish at even par, but Tervainen riposted by matching Vik's 69 in the afternoon after carding a morning round of 71 to come away with medalist honors...
...threesom began the morning eighteen on the 6th hole, with Vik quickly picking up a bogey after his tee shot alighted under on of the many pines that line the fairway. He came back to birdie the 7th, a short par four with a tricky crosswing and a green bearded by bunkers...
...uncorked a brilliant scoring salvo going around the last four holes in two under fours to draw within two of Tervainen. He feathered a seven-iron onto the par three second but misread the break on his birdie putt over the undulating green...
...never managed to unfurl the par-pummelling golf he displayed in Monday's match against Tufts, as he took a double bogey on the 1st hole after bellying a bunker shot. After taking three putts on the scenic 7th, where the green is girdled by deeply-gouged bunkers, he settled down to par the five next holes...
...linksters had their troubles with the demanding 6th hole, a 463 yard par four with an hourglass fairway. Vik came away with a five while Paxton salvaged a bogey by punching a shot through some overhanging tree limbs onto the green...