Yale Athletics

From their first time teeing off competitively at the Yale Golf Course in September 2021, the three members of the Yale men’s golf Class of 2025 found considerable success. Robert You ’25, Ben Carpenter ’25 and Blake Brantley ’25 each contributed to helping the team win the 45th annual Macdonald Cup on the world-renowned New Haven course in 2021. 

“I’m so thankful for Robert and Ben,” Brantley told the News. “I feel especially lucky to have come into this program with them and push each other every day in practice to achieve the success that we have had.”

They started off their Yale careers hot but seldom slowed down over their four years. Later that first-year season, the trio helped the Bulldogs clinch the 2022 Ivy League Championship for Yale’s first time since 2018, and Carpenter’s three-day total of 218 marked the best score of the entire tournament. 

After head coach Colin Sheehan ’97 retired, Keith Tyburski from Colgate University took the reins. In September 2023, the Elis claimed the Macdonald Cup once again. Then they defied the odds to mount a come-from-behind victory over Princeton to hoist the 2024 Ivy banner. 

“Coming back and beating Princeton last year at Ivies was a surreal moment and the highlight of my time at Yale,” Carpenter said. “The deciding factor came on the 18th hole, with multiple guys on the team making clutch putts. Tapping in the winning putt on 18 and celebrating with my teammates is a moment I’ll never forget.”