Word: vik
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...typical fashion, Harvard won the 36-hole GBC with a 42-stroke margin, and swept the first three individual places. Freshman Alex Vik, wunderkind of the golf team, won his second championship in four days, with rounds of 69 and 73. This blistering 142, an even par total, gave him one of the lowest scores ever recorded in the history of the tournament...
Coach Taylor was especially pleased though with Vik's rounds. "I think he could be the best player in Harvard history, if he isn't already. He attacks par every time he goes out there. He's having a tremendous effect on everybody else on the team...
...Vik's 69 is impressive, but most of the players agreed that the course played easy yesterday. Yellin said, "The conditions were nearly ideal. It was a little chilly in the morning, though." A little chilly is an understatement. The tournament had to be delayed 15 minutes while the players waited for the frost to melt off the greens...
...Crimson's premier performer, freshman Alexander Vik, shot an impressive 75 over the windy Concord course. Vik had consistent nines of 37-38 in outscoring his Merrimack opponent by 16 shots. Co-captains Tom Yellin and Steve McConnell chipped in with rounds of 77 and 82, respectively; the former's sub-80 round was made possible by a string of birdies on the final three holes...
Only eight duffers, however, will go on the annual spring trip to Orlando, Fla. In addition to McConnell, Yellin, Thompson, Rickets and Vik, senior Jon Ellis, junior Scott McNealy and sophomore Jon Bartlett will get a chance to tee off on the Sunshine State links. Senior Peter Zurkow would also be joining the team, but his role in the Hasty Pudding Show takes him to Bermuda during spring break, where hopefully he will get in a few rounds before returning...