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2014-15 Men's Golf Roster

Ben Alcorn

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chatham, N.J.
  • Highschool Chatham

Biography

2013-14: Competed in all 12 tournaments for the Rams as a junior, averaging under 80 in the fall season… Finished 71st at the Colgate Invitational (9/8)… Recorded a 73 in the second round of the Adams Cup (9/17)… Capped off the Cornell Invitational with rounds of 76 and 78 (9/22)… Set a new career-low with a 70 in the first round at Yale's Macdonald Cup (10/6)… Went 77-79 to record his best finish of the fall with a tie for 35th at the Barnabas Health Intercollegiate (10/21)… Finished in a tie for 36th at the Lehigh Invitational (10/28)… Kicked off the spring season with an 80-81-81 effort at the Wildcat Invitational (4/1)… Posted consecutive rounds of 80 to tie for 29th at the Rhody Invitational (4/6)… Placed 39th at the New England Division I Golf Championships with rounds of 79 and 81 (4/13)… Tied for 58th at Yale (4/19)… Posted two rounds in the 70s to finish in 39th place at the Atlantic 10 Golf Championship (4/27).

2012-13: Opened the 2012 fall campaign by posting a low round in round two of the Colgate Invitational (9/9)...Also set a new two-round low mark of 156 (9/9)...Competed in five of six tournaments for the Rams in the spring sesaon...Tied for 20th at the La Salle Invitational with a 79...Followed that up with a tie for 26th at the Wildcat Invitational, shooting a 73 and a 75 in the process...Posted back-to-back 77's to finish in a tie for 18th at the New England Division I Golf Championships...Shot 74-76-83 in three rounds at the Atlantic 10 Golf Championship, finishing tied for 55th.

2011-12: Competed in four events...Posted a scoring average of 81.4 including a low round of 77...Finished in a tie for 52nd at the Classic at Shelter Harbor (10/10)...Came in 25th individually as part of a team that won the FDU Invitational (10/24)...Finished 45th in the Rhode Island Invitational in the spring (4/14)...Tied for 26th with a personal best of 77 at the 2012 Peacock Invite (4/23).

Before Fordham: Named the 2009 NJPGA Junior Player of the Year (Ages 16-18)...Won NJ Group 2 Individual Championship in 2010...Chosen as Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011 by the Daily Record...A school MVP and Co-Captain in 2010-11...Selected to Group 2 First-Team by the Newark Star-Ledger in 2010 and 2011...Played in the Carter Cup in 2011...A Contestant in the 2010 NJ State Open and the 2011 NJ Amateur Tournaments...Helped Chatham to the County, Conference and State Group Titles in 2011 en route to setting all the scoring records at the school.

Personal: Son of Francine and Andrew...Has a sister, Corinne, and a brother, Zack...Majoring in economics.
 
CAREER BESTS
Low Round: 70, at Macdonald Cup (10/5/13)
Low Two-Round Score: 154, at New England Divison One Golf Championships (4/13-4/14/13)
Low Three-Round Score: 223, at Macdonald Cup (10/5-10/6/13)

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Sophomore

  • 2012-13Sophomore

  • 2013-14Junior

  • 2014-15Senior