DADE CITY, Fla. - The Georgia Southwestern men's golf team had three players finish Monday's opening round under par at the 17-team Saint Leo Invitational. Anders Olsson, Nicholas Ward and Hayes Dupree each shot a 1-under 71 on the 7,137-yard Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club to lead the Hurricanes to 9th place in the team standings heading into Tuesday's final round.
The trio from GSW is tied for 26th overall in the 98-player field. Teammate Chris Low sits tied for 48th with a 1-over 73 and Fraser Johnston shot a 75.
The Hurricanes will enter the final round 13 strokes behind 10th-ranked North Alabama with No. 5 Lynn a stroke behind the leader. A dozen of the current Top 25 teams in NCAA Division II are playing this tournament, including No. 1 Barry and No. 3 Nova Southeastern.
Brandon Robinson-Thompson from 7th-ranked USC Aiken fired an 8-under 64 for the low round of the day.
GSW wraps up play at the Saint Leo Invite on Tuesday with the final round beginning at 8:30 a.m.
2014 SAINT LEO INVITATIONAL - TEAM SCORES
Rd. 1 |
Rd. 2 |
Total | ||
(10) North Alabama |
273 |
273 |
-15 | |
(5) Lynn | 274 |
274 | -14 | |
(7) USC Aiken |
276 |
276 | -12 | |
(12) Columbus State |
276 |
276 | -12 | |
(24) Saint Leo |
281 |
281 | -7 | |
(1) Barry | 283 |
283 | -5 | |
(T14) Florida Southern |
283 |
283 | -5 | |
(3) Nova Southeastern |
284 |
284 | -4 | |
(RV) GSW | 286 | 286 | -2 | |
(RV) Lincoln Memorial |
288 |
288 | E | |
(8) West Florida | 288 | 288 |
E |
|
(T14) Florida Tech | 288 | 288 |
E |
|
(RV) Valdosta State | 290 | 290 |
+2 |
|
(20) Georgia College | 291 | 291 |
+3 |
|
Tampa | 293 | 293 |
+5 |
|
(9) Armstrong | 296 | 296 |
+8 |
|
Eckerd |
297 |
297 |
+9 |
|
( ) - NCAA Division II ranking in latest Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll with RV = received votes |
GSW SCORES
Place | Rd. 1 |
Rd. 2 |
Total | ||
T26 | Anders Olsson | 71 | 71 | -1 | |
T26 | Nicholas Ward | 71 | 71 | -1 | |
T26 | Hayes Dupree | 71 |
71 | -1 | |
T48 | Chris Low | 73 |
73 | +1 | |
T65 | Fraser Johnston |
75 |
75 | +3 |