Columbia Hoists Ivy League Men's Golf Championship Trophy For Third Straight Time

Despite the cold and wet weather, the third time was a charm for Columbia.

Fresh off its stellar second round on Saturday, Columbia defeated Yale by three strokes, 890-893, at the 2010 Ivy League Men's Golf Championships on the famed Lower Course at Baltusrol Golf Club to claim its third consecutive Ivy League crown.

Columbia, after a championship-low 287 on Saturday, and Yale each shot a 14-over 294 on Sunday. Columbia finished the tournament with a 50-over, 890, while Yale came in second with a 53-over 893.

Last season, Columbia defeated Penn, 858-893, at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield.

Individually, Penn senior Scotty Williams used a terrific approach shot to within five feet of the pin to defeat Columbia's Clark Granum, in the first hole of a play-off for the Men's title at Baltusrol. The win marked only the second individual title ever for a Penn golfer since Michael Blodgett in 2008 at Galloway Golf Club in Galloway, N.J.

Granum, who was tied for fifth entering Sunday, shot a final round 67 to erase a six-stroke deficit to force a playoff.

Williams, who led after Saturday's round, shot a 3-over 73 to finish 4-over par (72-69-73 = 214) for the tournament.

Ivy League Men's Golf Championships Final Team Standings: 1-Columbia, 50-over, 890; 2-Yale, 53-over, 893; 3-Penn, 58-over, 898; 4-Dartmouth, 62-over, 902; 5-Harvard, 63-over, 903; 6-Cornell, 75-over, 915; 7-Princeton, 81-over, 921; 8-Brown, 98-over, 938.

Ivy League Men's Golf Championships Top 10 Individual Final Scores:

1-Scott Williams, Penn, 214 *; 2-Clark Granum, Columbia, 214; 3-Tom McCarthy, Yale, 216; T4-Bernie D'Amato, Princeton, 217, Peter Williamson, Dartmouth, 217; 6-Tony Grillo, Harvard, 218; T7-Brendan Doyle, Columbia, 225,  Chance Pipitone, Penn, 225 and Michael Yiu, Columbia, 225; T10-Robert Cronheim, Cornell, 226, Brad Kushner, Yale, 226 and Mark Pollak, Harvard, 226.