Chattanooga, Clemson Lead 41st Annual Furman Intercollegiate After Opening Round
Greenville, S.C. -- Chattanooga and Clemson each fired an opening round 289 to grab a two-stroke lead after one round at the 41st Annual Furman Intercollegiate at the par-72, 6,994-yard Furman University Golf Course on Friday. Western Carolina’s Tanner Briele posted a tournament record round of 65 to take the individual lead after 18 holes.
Briele notched seven birdies in a bogey-free round to establish a new course record on the recently renovated Furman Golf Course and build a three-stroke lead over second place Adam Black of Presbyterian who carded an opening round 68. Derek Rende fired a three-under 69 to hold third place.
The Tigers and Mocs hold a two-stroke edge on third place Western Carolina and four-stroke lead on Old Dominion after Friday’s round. Presbyterian, Samford and Mississippi rounded out the top seven with four teams tied for eighth place.
Senior Daniel Bowden opened the Furman Intercollegiate with a two-over 74 to help the Paladins to a first round 305 and share of 14th place. Junior Austin Reeves, last year’s tournament champion, posted a four-over 76. Furman’s Anthony Aloi fired a team-best 73 playing as an individual.
The second round is set for Saturday with play scheduled to begin from the No. 1 and No. 10 tees at 8:00 a.m. Final round action is slated for Sunday morning.
Fans can follow live scoring of the tournament at www.golfstatresults.com.
T14 Furman 305
T20 Daniel Bowden 74
T43 Austin Reeves 76
T58 Jack Ulrich 77
T70 Garland Ferrell 78
T70 J.B. Murphy 78
T14 Anthony Aloi 73
T70 John David Hunter 78
T90 Marcus Ling 79
Chattanooga Men’s Golf Tied for First after 18 Holes
Stephan Jaeger hits hole in one on par 3 eighth hole
GREENVILLE, S.C. --- Senior Derek Rende and freshman Steven Fox combined to shoot five-under par to lead the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s golf team to a first place tie at 289 (+1) after 18 holes at the Furman Intercollegiate Friday afternoon. Chattanooga is tied with No. 18 Clemson.
Rende is in third-place at 69 (-3), four shots off the pace set by Western Carolina’s Tanner Briele who shot 65 (-7). Adam Black of Presbyterian is second at four-under (68), while Fox is tied for fourth with Clemson’s Ben Martin at 70 (-2).
The Mocs got off to a great start playing the first six holes at eight-under par led by Rende who started with three birdies and an eagle. Fredrik Qvicker, J.T. Clendenin and Steven Fox all played the first six at one-under, while Jaeger was at level par.
UTC played well on the holes it needed to as the course is much tougher on the back side than the front. The Mocs shot six-under on the front and seven-over on the back.
It was a shot-making day as sophomore Stephan Jaeger scored his second hole-in-one in collegiate competition with a pitching wedge on the par-three eighth hole from 161 yards out. Jaeger also chipped in for birdie on 18 to shoot even par 72.
Rende posted five birdies and an eagle, while Fox added four birdies and two bogeys. All-in-all, the Mocs four counters had two eagles and 14 birdies.
Qvicker shot 78 (+6), while Clendenin ended with an 80 (+8). Freshmen Alex Ratliff and Simon Forsslund are playing as individuals shooting 75 and 80, respectively.
Chattanooga tees off for tomorrow’s second round and will be led off by Clendenin. The tournament concludes with 18 holes on Sunday.
LEADERBOARD
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1) Chattanooga |
289 |
289 (+1) |
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T1) No. 18 Clemson |
289 |
289 (+1) |
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3) Western Carolina |
291 |
291 (+3) |
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4) Old Dominion |
293 |
293 (+5) |
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5) Presbyterian |
296 |
296 (+8) |
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6) Samford |
300 |
300 (+12) |
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7) Mississippi State |
302 |
302 (+14) |
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T8) Winthrop |
303 |
303 (+15) |
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T8) Gardner-Webb |
303 |
303 (+15) |
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T8) Charleston Southern |
303 |
303 (+15) |
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T8) East Carolina |
303 |
303 (+15) |
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T12) Kennesaw State |
304 |
304 (+16) |
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T12) Virginia Tech |
304 |
304 (+16) |
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T14) Furman |
305 |
305 (+17) |
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T14) Wofford |
305 |
305 (+17) |
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16) Elon |
308 |
308 (+20) |
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17) UAB |
310 |
310 (+22) |
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18) Rhode Island |
311 |
311 (+23) |
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T19) Troy |
312 |
312(+24) |
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T19) Francis Marion |
312 |
312 (+24) |
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T19) Temple |
312 |
312 (+24) |
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T22) Davidson |
313 |
313 (+25) |
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T22) Francis Marion |
313 |
313 (+25) |
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24) Marshall |
315 |
315 (+27) |
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Mocs: |
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3) Derek Rende |
69 |
69 (-3) |
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T4) Steven Fox |
70 |
70 (-2) |
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T9) Stephan Jaeger |
72 |
72 (E) |
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T70) Fredrik Qvicker |
78 |
78 (+6) |
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T101) J.T. Clendenin |
80 |
80 (+8) |
Tanner Briele Fires Course Record to Lead; Western Carolina Third after Opening Round of Furman Intercollegiate
Briele leads by three strokes after first 18 holes; WCU two strokes off first-place tie
Greenville, N.C. ? Western Carolina senior Tanner Briele blistered the course on Friday, firing a tournament-record opening round seven-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead entering the second round at the 41st annual Furman Intercollegiate being held at the par-72, 6,994-yard Furman University Golf Course.
Including Briele’s career-low round, the Catamounts put two inside the individual top 10 to rank third in the overall standings, two strokes off the overall lead after shooting 291.
Briele carded seven birdies in a bogey-free round to establish a new course record on the recently renovated Furman Golf Course and build a three-stroke lead over second place Adam Black of Presbyterian who carded an opening round 68. Chattanooga’s Derek Rende fired a three-under 69 to hold third place
Clemson and SoCon-foe, Chattanooga, each shot 289 to stand tied atop the team leader board and hold a two-stroke edge on third place Western Carolina and four-stroke lead on Old Dominion after Friday’s round. Presbyterian, Samford and Mississippi rounded out the top seven with four teams tied for eighth place.
Behind Briele, sophomore Kyle Wilson fired an even-par 72 over the opening round to stand in a five-way tie for ninth place. Senior Ricky Stout is tied for 43rd after a four-over 76 on Friday, with Drew Miller (t-70th, 78) and Trey White (122nd, 82) rounding out the Catamount lineup.
Playing unattached as an individual, senior Benjy Davey is tied for 101st after shooting eight-over, 80.
Paired with golfers from Chattanooga and Temple in threesomes, Western Carolina will tee off on the back nine beginning at 8:00 am on Saturday morning. Fans can follow live scoring of the tournament at www.golfstatresults.com<http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1913>.
North Florida Leads After Competitive Opening Day of 31st Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational
Ryan Zabroske and Matt Deal paced the Eagles on the opening day.
STATESBORO, Ga. ? Four teams battled for first-place through the final holes on the first day of the 31st Annual Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational (March 19). North Florida took the turn at 4-under and finished the round 3-under with a team aggregated 285 to claim a one stroke lead in first place. The three-day tournament is being contested on the par 72, 6,962 yard Forest Heights Country Club.
The top five teams all lead each other by a mere one stroke. UNF bests second-place Virginia as the Cavaliers carded a 2-under team 286 through the opening round. Mississippi claims third-place at 287 to round out the three teams with opening rounds in the red. Auburn shot an even-par 288 to stand in fourth, while North Carolina State completes the top five at 289 (+1).
Will Collins of Virginia carded the day’s lowest round to stand atop the individual leaderboard. Collins shot an almost perfect round of 12 pars, five birdies and one bogey for a 4-under 68. The Cavalier helped lead Virginia to a second-place finish on the day and leads second-place Bank Vongvanij of Florida and J.C. Horne of North Florida by one stroke.
For the day, host institution Georgia Southern carded a 292 (+4) to stand tied for eighth heading into the second round. The Eagles exploded on the front nine, making the turn at 8-under using 14 birdies. Redshirt-freshman Florian Sander (Bregenz, Austria) led the way for GS firing four birdies over the final five holes of the front nine to make the turn at 3-under.
A difficult back nine proved costly for Georgia Southern who finished the day at 4-over after three Eagles bogeyed the opening hole. The Eagle five-man lineup split scores of 72s and 74s on the day with two carding even-pars and three posting matching 74s.
“The team definitely came out firing early and shot an excellent front nine,” said head coach Larry Mays. “We struggled on the back nine and came up a little short to finish. But we are looking forward to the rest of the weekend, refocusing and posting two good rounds.
I’m proud of Ryan [Zabroske] for hanging in there and adjusting after having to switch clubs when he discovered his was broken just prior to his tee time.”
Ryan Zabroske (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Matt Deal (Statesboro, Ga.) carded identical 72s to claim a portion of 20th-place. Deal disbursed two birdies on the front nine with two bogeys on the back nine for his 72. Meanwhile, Zabroske opened the day with a bogey on hole one, but erased the 1-over tally with a triplet of birdies on holes 6-8 for a 2-under 34 front half. Two bogeys on the back nine evened the senior’s scorecard for the day.
Three Eagles finished T36 with 2-over 74s. Senior Spence Fulford (Rocky Mount, N.C.) rebounded from a double bogey to open the first round with three birdies intermixed with a bogey to complete the front at even-par. Fulford launched a birdie on hole 14, but three bogeys on the back nine left the Eagle at 2-over 74.
Junior Joe Monte (Chantilly, Va.) expunged a bogey on three with a birdie on six and followed with another birdie on nine for a 1-under 35 front nine tally. A 3-over back nine left the Eagle standing at 2-over for the day. Sander took the turn at 3-under but struggled on the back nine to finish with a 2-over 74.
Georgia Southern is paired with Vanderbilt and Virginia for the second round and tees off first at 9 a.m. on the front nine.
Fans can follow tournament action via live scoring at www.golfstat.com and follow Georgia Southern Radio Network’s Chris Blair on the official tournament twitter page at www.twitter.com/schenkelinvite.
Dressel Leads Elon on Day One of Furman Intercollegiate
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Stephen Dressel fired a first round 74 to lead the Elon Phoenix to 16th place among the 24 participating programs at the Furman Intercollegiate on Friday. Both Clemson and Chattanooga sit atop the leaderboard after both schools shot a 289 on day one. The Phoenix posted a 308.
Dressel, who is tied for 20th, leads teammate Scott Hockemeyer by a stroke. Hockemeyer sits in a tie for 35th with a 75.
Mike Fekete carded a 79 on day one to earn a tie for 90th in the field of 135 golfers.
Jayson Judy and Phil Bartholomew each posted an 80 on day one and are in a tie for 101st.
Western Carolina's Tanner Briele shot a seven-under 65 to pace the field after 18 holes. He was one of eight players to go under par on the day.
Two strokes back of Clemson and Chattanooga is Western Carolina which shot a 291. Old Dominion (293) and Presbyterian (296) round out the top-five.
Elon sits three strokes behind Southern Conference rivals Furman and Wofford who are tied for 14th at 305.
The Phoenix leads programs such as UAB (17th; 310), Temple (T19th; 312), Davidson (T22nd; 313), Appalachian State (T22nd, 313) and Marshall (24th; 315).
Round two of three will be played Saturday at the Furman University Golf Course. Elon players will take to the links shortly after noon.