AUGUSTA, Ga. — The seventh-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted a 3-over-par 291 in the opening round of the Peach Belt Conference Championship on Friday at the par-72, 7,086-yard Forest Hills Golf Club. GSW finished the day in third place out of nine teams. The Hurricanes had four players land in the Top 10 of the 45-player field. 

Jack Tharrington led the Hurricanes on Day 1 with an even par 72 to sit in a tie for sixth place. Tharrington birdied his second hole before going on a run of 13 consecutive pars. A bogey on his 16th hole dropped him back to even par. Chase McLain, Nicolas Escobar and Payne Sells all fired a 1-over 73 to tie for eighth place. Sells led the group with three birdies in the round. McLain and Escobar each posted a pair of birdies. Erik Fogel is tied for 33rd place with a 78.   

No. 4 North Georgia was the only team to shoot under par in the opening round of the three-round event with a 1-under 287. UNG finished with a three-stroke lead over Flagler College. The Hurricanes are four shots back.

Fogel will get Round 2 started for GSW on Saturday with a tee time of 10:10 a.m. 

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2023 PEACH BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM SCORES

GSW SCORES

Place		Player	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Total	+/-
T6		Jack Tharrington	72			72	E
T8		Chase McLain	73			73	+1
T8		Nicolas Escobar	73			73	+1
T8		Payne Sells	73			73	+1
T33		Erik Fogel	78			78	+6