Chattanooga tied for sixth at Brickyard Collegiate

MACON, Ga. – Chris Robb shot 2-under par 70 as the Chattanooga Mocs sit tied for sixth after 18 holes at the Brickyard Collegiate. Chattanooga navigated the opening round on the Brickyard at Riverside at 3-over par 291, tying Virginia Tech.

Robb is tied for ninth, two shots behind leader Nicholas Reach of Georgia, who shot a 68 (-4). There are six golfers tied for second at 69.

Robb, a junior from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, birdied two and seven to get to 2-under par before a bogey on eight had him at 1-under at the turn. He maintained that same schedule on the back with birdies on 11 and 15 and a bogey on 16 for his 2-under 70.

Fellow junior Davis Bunn is tied for 24th with a 1-over par 73. He took a ride on the course rollercoaster today with five birdies, eight pars, four bogeys and a double bogey. Bunn started out bogey-bogey but birdied three, four, seven and nine to shoot minus-2 on his front nine.

It was a struggle on the back with bogeys on 11 and 13. He followed double on 17 but a strong birdie on the par-five finishing hole ended his round at 73. He is a stroke ahead of teammates Liam Johnston and Michael Monroe, who shot 74s.

Johnston’s round was a great turnaround. He was plus-5 through 11 holes before closing with three birdies to get back to 74 (+2). Monroe, a freshman playing in his first collegiate event, had a solid round. Benni Weilguni posted the drop score with a 77.

Georgia is the team leader after an 8-under par 280. It leads North Florida (283) by three and Princeton (286) by six.

Saturday’s moving day 18 starts at 9:20 a.m., for the Mocs off No. 1 again. The pairing includes Georgia Tech (289) and Kansas (288) with Weilgiuni starting off. Monroe (9:30), Johnston (9:40), Bunn (9:50) and Robb (10) will follow.

College of Charleston tied for 13th after first round of Brickyard Collegiate Championship

MACON, Ga. –  Junior Alex Ellis shot a 3-under 69 to lead the College of Charleston men’s golf team in the first round of the Brickyard Collegiate Championship at the Brickyard at Riverside Golf Club on Friday.

As a team, the Cougars shot 13-over 301 and are tied for 13th place. Georgia leads the tournament after an opening round of 280 (-8), North Florida (-5) is second and Princeton (-2) is third. The Cougars are four shots back of the top 10 and 12 shots back of the top five teams.

Ellis had a productive day as he made four birdies and just one bogey en route to his 3-under round, which has him tied for second place on the individual leaderboard.

Senior John Duke Hudson (+5), freshman Daniel Kim (+5) and senior Neil Gowan (+6) rounded out the scoring for the Cougars.