The men's golf team makes its third appearance on New York University's Top-50 Varsity Sports Highlight List of 2019-20 with its season-ending victory at the Skidmore Invitational.

Having debuted at #39 with its win at the Duke Nelson Invitational and reappearing at #36 with its season-opening victory at the St. Lawrence Invitational, the team returns to the list with its outstanding performance on October 12-13 at the par-72 Saratoga National Golf Course in Saratoga Springs, NY.

After running into some tough luck on day one of the event (shooting 295 and ending the round in fourth place of nine teams), the Violets' fortunes changed on Sunday when they put up the single greatest round of golf in the school's history. The men cut 13 strokes off their game for a second-round total of 282 and a grand-total of 577. This not only gave them the lowest single-round score in team history (besting the 2017 team's 288 mark at that year's Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship), but was also enough to secure the lowest 36-hole tournament score in team history (topping the men's 579 total at the Duke Nelson Invitational back on September 15). 

Leading the way for the Violets was first-place finisher (out of 45 competitors) Joseph Burlison (Salinas, CA/Palma) (Salinas, CA/Palma). Fresh off a Saturday performance that saw him tie John Pharr's 13-year-old record for the lowest single-round score in school history (67), Burlison played another incredible round on Sunday en route to besting another one of Pharr's records. Burlison's second-round total of four-under-par 68 left him at 135 for the tournament, five strokes lower than Pharr's previous 36-hole record.

A complete recap of the invitational can be found here. 

Previous Season Highlights
#50 - Softball Wins Season Opener
#49 - Men's Tennis Opens Season Successfully at TCNJ Lions Kickoff
#48 - Baseball is Back – Violets Win Season Opener
#47 - Men's Basketball Secures First UAA Win, 80-79. vs. CMU; Macarchuk's Three-Pointer Snaps 75-75 Tie with 1:40 left
#46 - Softball Wins Season Finale; Swan Tosses Three-Hit Shutout
#45 - Men's Tennis Wins on Senior Day
#44 - Baseball Ends Season with a One-Hit Victory
#43 - Women's Fencing Dominant at FDU Invitational
#42 - Women's Volleyball Begins Season on Six-Match Winning Streak
#41 - Women's Soccer Dominates in Home Opener
#40 - Men's Volleyball Wins Season-Opening Invitational
#39 - Men's Golf Wins Duke Nelson Invitational
#38 - Wrestling Team Competes at NWCA National Dual Championships
#37 - Women's Cross Country Captures Ramapo Season Opener; Moran Wins Collegiate Debut
#36 - Men's Golf Team Wins Season Opener
#35 - Men's Soccer Defeats Hood in ECAC Championship
#34 - Women's Tennis Completes Undefeated Dual Match Campaign; Finish Ranked #17
#33 - Women's Golf Finishes Second at Tartan Invitational; Lung Wins Individual Title 
#32 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Capture NYU Fall Invitational 
#31 - Men's Cross Country Wins Ron Stonitsch Invitational
#30 - Men's Fencing Wins All Six Matches at Eric Sollee Invitational
#29 - Men's Track & Field Individuals and DMR Earn Bronze at UAA Championships
#28 - Women's Basketball Defeats Brandeis in UAA Opener for Season-High Seventh Straight Win
#27 - Men's Soccer Defeats Wash. U for Sixth-Straight Win
#26 - Women's Cross Country Finishes Second at Paul Short Invitational
#25 - Women's Soccer Defeats #10 Case Western Reserve in Overtime
#24 - Women's Volleyball Wins Kean Invitational
#23 - Women's Track & Field Runners Take Gold at UAA Indoor Championships 
#22 - Women's Golf Team Wins Season-Opening St. Lawrence Invitational
#21 - Women's Fencing Finishes Second at NIWFA Championships
#20 - Haberli Earns 300th Win as NYU Wrestling Coach 
#19 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Win Ithaca Bomber Invitational 
#18 - Women's Basketball Season Sweep of  Washington University in St. Louis
#17 - Men's Soccer Defeats Carnegie Mellon University for the first time since 2007
#16 - Men's Basketball Wins NYU-Tip Off Tournament