The UConn men's golf team returns to action this weekend as they are set to host the UConn Invitational at GreatHorse in Hampden, Mass. The Huskies are the defending champions and have won their event five times heading into this year's tournament.
The tournament is back at GreatHorse for the sixth time in its history as the Huskies are set to battle with a field that includes Boston College, Bryant, Fairfield, Fairleigh Dickinson, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, Siena, St. John's, Rhode Island and Villanova for this year's title.
The 2024 UConn Invitational marks the 15th year of the tournament, formerly known as the Connecticut Cup and gets underway on Sunday, September 29. The three round tournament will play out over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday on a GreatHorse par-72 course set at 7,093 yards.
Not only are the Huskies the defending champs, but their roster will also feature the defending individual champion in junior Connor Goode (Glastonbury, Conn.). Good collected his first career victory at last year's event, finishing as the only player in the tournament finish under par at 215 (-1), carding a 71 over the final round to claim the trophy by one stroke.
Goode's performance last season was backed-up by all five players among the top-18 finishers to pace the team to an 11-stroke win.
This weekend's tournament is the second of the season for the Huskies, who finished eighth at The Doc Gimmler Red & Black at Bethpage State Park two weeks ago. Goode led the UConn contingent, tying for 20th overall in the field, shooting a three-round score of 219. Goode shot a one-under 69 during his first round and then posted a 72 and a 78 on the final day, which was contested on the famed Black Course.
Sophomores Alex Heard (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Bradley Sawka (Ellington, Conn.) and senior Ray Dennehy (Princeton, Mass.) all tied for 24th at the event.
GreatHorse, the site of the 2018 Mass Open, is one of the most picturesque courses in all of New England, owned by the Antonacci family, owners and breeders of magnificent harness racehorses.
After purchasing the former Hampden Country Club in January, 2012, the Antonacci family embarked on a $55 million overhaul and redesign by New England-based golf course architect Brian Silva that transformed the country club into the impressive facility that it is today.
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