The Princeton men’s golf team delivered a thrilling performance to secure a home victory in the 2025 Princeton Invitational this past weekend at Springdale Golf Club. Competing in a weather-shortened, two-round event against 13 other schools — including the entire Ivy League — the Tigers overcame cold, wind, and a round one deficit to secure the team title and celebrate first-year Reed Greyserman’s first collegiate win.
Disruptive weather forced the cancellation of the first round, shortening the tournament to 18 holes on Saturday and a final 18 on Sunday. This weather proved to be troublesome as Princeton sat in second place behind Rutgers after round one.
“Honestly, the temperature was bad,” junior Riccardo Fantinelli told The Daily Princetonian. “I’m not very good in the cold. The course was definitely playing a little longer, and the ball wasn’t flying as far.”
In round one, Greyserman finished with a score of 69 (-2), and sophomores Charlie Palmer and Tommy Frist carded a round of 72 (+1) and 73 (+2), respectively. To round out a slow start, Fantinelli finished with a score of 75 (+4), putting the Tigers one shot behind Rutgers.
Needing a big Sunday, the Tigers delivered.
Greyserman continued his consistent play by scoring 68 (-3) and taking the top individual honors for this tournament. He finished the tournament with a total score of 137 (-5), three shots ahead of second place.
“It means a lot, obviously, to get the first collegiate win — it’s big — and to have it be at home is even more special in front of everybody, all my friends and teammates,” Greyserman told the ‘Prince’. “I drove the ball well yesterday. That was good. Today I didn’t drive it as well but chipped it really well, which carried me through to the end.”
Greyserman was one of five Tigers to finish inside the top 15. He was joined near the top by Fantinelli, who fired a second-round score of 66 (-5) and finished fourth overall at 141 (-1).
“Today was a little warmer, and my putts were falling, so it was good,” Fantinelli said. “I relied on the other boys to carry me yesterday.”
The team was resilient under challenging conditions.
“Golf is tough,” Fantinelli explained to the ‘Prince.’ “You can have as big an advantage as you want, but at the end of the day, everyone starts at par. The key is to just go out there and grind.”
Palmer, who made waves at last year’s Invitational with a hole-in-one, turned in a strong final round of 71 (E) to place tied for sixth at even par. Frist also made a leap on Sunday with a 72 (+1), finishing tied for 15th at +3 overall.
“I think that being our home course, I knew that we could do it,” Frist said. “We all had a good mindset this morning, and we knew that we’re better than these guys and had the ability to win it.”
Princeton finished at the top of the leaderboard, 13 shots above Rutgers.
The Tigers also had standout performances from their individual entries, most notably senior William Huang, who tied for sixth, adding another top-10 finish to his collegiate career.
Coming up next for the Tigers is the Ivy League Championships, where the Tigers just fell short last year. This year, it will take place from April 25–27 in Springfield, Pennsylvania, and the Tigers will look to ride their momentum and secure an automatic bid into NCAA regionals.
“This gives us some momentum going to Ivies,” Greyserman said. “I think we got a good chance in it.”
Matthew Yi is an assistant Sports editor for the ‘Prince.’
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