Princeton University Athletics
Men's Golf Set For 30th Annual Princeton Invitational Saturday, Sunday
April 05, 2016 | Men's Golf
Featuring seven of the eight Ivy League programs and a strong field overall, the Princeton Invitational men's golf tournament will return to Springdale Golf Club Saturday and Sunday.
A year ago, the tournament was played at Aronimink Golf Club and Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia due to weather conditions having affected Springdale, but the tournament will be back at Princeton's home course for the 30th annual event. It has been played every year since 1987 except 2003, when the scheduled event was rained out. Princeton has won three titles in its home invitational, including the first one in 1987 and again in 2000 and 2004.
Along with fellow Ivies Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn and Yale, Princeton will welcome a pair of teams ranked in the top 50 in the April 5 Golfweek rankings, No. 22 Duke and No. 34 Georgia Tech, plus regional foes from Georgetown, Rider, Rutgers, Saint Joseph's, Seton Hall and Temple.
This year, the par-71 course measures 6,415 yards for this year's tournament, which will have one round Saturday with the first tee times at 8 a.m. and one round Sunday with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. First-round pairings are available here.
Yale enters as defending champions and winners of five of the last six team titles, with Harvard's win in 2014 as the only gap in the Bulldogs' run. Temple's Brandon Matthews can go for his third Princeton Invite title after tying with teammate Matt Teesdale in 2013 and winning outright a year ago.
The tournament is Princeton's last before the Ivy League Championship is contested April 22-24 at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, N.J.
2016 Princeton Invitational
Dates: Sat., Apr. 9-Sun. Apr. 10
Start times: First tee times at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. Sunday
Site: Springdale Golf Club, Princeton, N.J.
Format: 36 holes (18 each day), par 71, 6,415 yards
Teams: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Rider, Rutgers, Saint Joseph's, Seton Hall, Temple, Yale
Defending champions: Yale & Brandon Matthews, Temple