Golf faces last opponents before Ivy Championships

This will be the final weekend of competition for Columbia’s men’s and women’s golf teams before the Ivy League Championships take place April 23-25. On the men’s side, the Lions will head to Annapolis, Md. to compete in the Navy Spring Invitational. Play begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday and will continue into Sunday. So far this spring, the men’s golf team has competed in three other tournaments, with its highest finish being a sixth place finish out of twelve teams at the University of San Francisco Triumph at Pauma Valley Tournament back in March. Most recently the team finished 13th out of 15 teams at the Princeton Invitational. Freshman Michael Yiu topped the charts for the Light Blue with 224 strokes, good enough to tie at 28th overall. The women have some competition of their own planned for this weekend as they prepare to host the Fourth Annual Roar-EE Invitational on Saturday and Sunday on the Spook Rock Golf Course in Suffern, N.Y. The women have only attended two invitationals so far this spring—finishing fourth of nine at the Carmel Invitational and seventh of 17 at the Hoya Invitational, both back in March. At the Hoya Invitational, the Lions broke the top 20 when senior Stevy Loy finished tied for 17th with a score of 160. Sophomore Robin Lee also swung well as she tied for 23rd, with a round of 78 on the first day and 83 on the second. Though competition looms near, both teams have the Ivy League Championships to look forward to next weekend. The championships will take place in nearby Springfield, N.J.