{"id":266476,"date":"2025-11-06T22:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/266476\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:45:08","slug":"golf-zerfass-victorious-at-big-five-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/266476\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf, Zerfass Victorious at Big Five Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. \u2014 The Villanova men’s golf team rounded out its fall schedule with a victory at the Big Five Championship hosted by Penn at The 1912 Club Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After being delayed a week and relocated due to weather, the tournament was well worth the wait for the Wildcats, who shot 293 (+13) en route to victory. Matt Zerfass<\/a> took home the individual title, the first of his career, shooting 69 (-1) on the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It worked out perfectly,” head coach James Wilkes<\/a> said. “I mean, Matt [Zerfass] got his first win and then the team wins it \u2014 I couldn’t be happier.”<\/p>\n

Vibhav Alokam<\/a> followed in the standings for VU, shooting 73 (+3) and finishing a season-high seventh. Alokam birdied holes three, eight, 12 and 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year’s Big Five Champion, Ryan Pamer<\/a>, finished 10th in this year’s edition after he shot 75 (+5). Pamer’s par at 18 clinched the victory for Villanova.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brockton English<\/a> finished 15th, shooting 76 (+6) in the single-round tournament. English birdied at hole three.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ian Love<\/a> came in at 28th, shooting 81 (+11). Love birdied at holes four and 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The win was Villanova’s first team win since April 16, 2024, when the team won its hosted-tournament, the Wildcat Spring Invitational at the Lulu Country Club in Glenside, Pa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Team Results<\/p>\n

1. Villanova 293 (+13)

\n2. Drexel 294 (+14)

\nT3. Temple 298 (+18)

\nT3. LaSalle 298 (+18)

\n5. Saint Joseph’s (PA) 303 (+23)

\n6. Penn 307 (+27)<\/p>\n

Individual Results<\/p>\n

1. Matt Zerfass<\/a>, Villanova 69 (-1)

\n2. Thomas Young, Drexel 70 (E)

\nT3. Jake Naese, Temple 72 (+2)

\nT3. Noah Moelter Saint Joseph’s (PA) 72 (+2)

\nT3. Jacob Haberstumpf, Drexel 72 (+2)

\nT3. Payton Hawke, LaSalle 72 (+2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. \u2014 The Villanova men’s golf team rounded out its fall schedule…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-266476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}