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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After the first round of play on Saturday, Harvard's number four player Dave Paxton reeled off a 73 to put him only two shots behind the tourney leaders, Yale's Peter Tervainen and Delaware's Shawn Prendergast...
...eighth hole of his morning round, Vik had a putt stopped by the metal rim of the cup which was protruding above the surface of the green. He went on to four putt the next hole...
...Easterns were contested. Coach Bob Donovan showered the tournament with praise, saying "I never expected to see a college tournament run this well in the East. The scorekeeping system was great. The hospitality was great. There were forecaddies on every hole and people carrying leaderboards in the final round. There was walkie talkie communication between the tournament marshals...
Paxton brandished a rapier-sharp putter throughout the round. He avoided the major hazards posed by the six tantalizingly close but potentially lethal parthrees on the West Point course designed by Robert Trent Jones. Paxton nailed transcontinental putts for birdies on the pair of closing par fives, the 17th and 18th, to finish three over...
Paxton slipped to an 80 on Sunday, taking a triple bogey on the 15th, but Vik forged a sparkling round of 70 from the pressure packed crucible of the closing 18. "Alex showed everyone what kind of a player he is today," said Donovan, as Vik had displayed only ephemeral brilliance through most of the season...