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...seems improbable that a golfer can be overconfident (after all, a five-foot putt is always a five-foot putt), but this was the case with the Crimson. While Alex Vik and Tom Yellin fired identical 77's, none of the other five men could best 80, as Harvard's previously unbeaten mark slid...
...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...