Expectations High for Trinity Golf

Everyone affiliated with Trinity College's golf program is expecting big things from this year's team. Coaches Bill Detrick and Jay Pulaski are lucky to have every single player returning from a team that won three out of seven tournaments last fall.

In the Fall NESCAC qualifier last season, Trinity set their sights on winning the tournament, which would have given them the privilege of hosting the Spring tournament. Unfortunately, the Bantams came up short, allowing Williams College to punch their own ticket to Indianapolis, Ind. for the National Championships.

It is a new year and the golfers now have a year of experience under their belts. The team will be led by reigning NESCAC Player of the Year, Josh Grossman '10, NESCAC Golf All-Conference First Team member and co-captain Reid Longley '10, and Ouimet Memorial Amateur Tournament Champion Jay Driscoll '11.

Not far behind those three golfers are co-captain Josh Biren '09, a second-team All-NESCAC selection in 2005, and David Anderson '10, a second-team All-NESCAC selection in 2006. Another golfer to watch is first-year Alex Bermingham, who has already demonstrated that he can play at a high level.

The team is a "close knit group, who has a lot of fun," according to Longley. The golfers practice four to five times a week at Shuttle Meadow Country Club located about 20 minutes away from campus in Kensington, Conn.

This past weekend, in their first tournament of the fall, the team placed third in the Trinity Invitational. They have their eyes set on winning the Duke-Nelson Invitational this weekend at Middlebury College. Ultimately, these events are just a tune-up for the Fall NESCAC tournament where the top four teams qualify for the Spring Tournament. An early look at the NESCAC shows that Williams College, Hamilton College, Middlebury and Trinity will be the four teams vying for a National Championship bid in the Spring.

Longley added, "It is definitely our goal to win both NESCAC tournaments and get the opportunity to play in the National Championship Tournament."

By virtue of the returning talent and the ambitious goals that have been set by the team, it won't be a surprise to see another Trinity team make a trip to a National Championship Tournament in the Spring.