University of Connecticut Athletics
Boynton Already Looking Forward To Next Golf Season
4/19/2020 7:30:00 PM | Men's Golf
By Danny Barletta
UConn Athletic Communications
April 19, 2020
Ever since his father first took him golfing when he was 7 years old, Finn Boynton has loved the game.
"I like the fact that when you're playing for a score, you're the only one that's held accountable for what happens," Boynton said. "There's no finger-pointing or blaming anyone else. You are able to take a step back after you perform and say, 'Ok, what can I do better?' And that's the challenge that hooked me at a young age."
Boynton (Milford, Conn.) now a rising senior on the UConn golf team, said it was a no-brainer for him to come to UConn, being from Connecticut and growing up a UConn fan. His experience as a UConn golfer has been all he hoped it would be.
"It's been great because it provides a great structure for a college student," Boynton said. "That on top of really great teammates, really great coaches … It's been very pleasurable to be around such a good staff and have such a good support system at UConn. It's been phenomenal. It's been all I could ask for."
Boynton is coming off of his best season as a Husky in 2019-20, averaging 75.9 strokes in the five events he played. He improved throughout the fall, and by the spring he peaked by achieving three of his best scores in the final three events before the season was canceled.
"I went into the fall season, and I had played good golf over the summer, so I knew I had the tools," Boynton said. "But what I needed to master was just how to use them more and how to get smarter. So throughout the entire season — and especially in the spring when I started getting experience in matches — I would say that I learned so much from the people who were around me trying to help me that it allowed for the tools that I had built over the summer to work."
Boynton finished in fifth place with a 76 in the rare one-round match against West Virginia. Then he followed that up with a 56th-place finish at Loyola and a 44th-place finish in Fort Lauderdale, shooting a season-low 72 in one round of both events. For Boynton, the West Virginia match was the highlight of his season.
"It made me feel good about myself, and more importantly, it told me that I could play in the starting lineup," Boynton said.
Boynton said he was shocked and disappointed when the season was cut short, but he is taking it for what it is and not letting it affect his life too much or bring him down. The golf courses are open near his home, so he is social distancing while still playing golf. He is also working on his online classes, which he says are nice because they allow him to build a schedule that works for him.
Boynton figures to be one of the top returners to the golf team next year, and he said he is looking forward to getting back to playing events and continuing to improve with his teammates.
"This has given us the spark to just want to get out there even more and compete," Boynton said. "We're gonna be pretty hungry when we get back. I can almost guarantee that."
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