Scottsdale, Ariz Connor Howe He shot a 5-under-par 65, and Ross Stillman They each made a pair of late birdies to lift Nos. 3/4 Georgia Tech to 11 over for a 4-under 66.Th place after the opening round of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate.
In an 18-team field stacked with nine teams ranked 30th in the preseason, the Yellow Jackets struggled on the front nine at the 7,118-yard, par-70 Mirabel Golf Club and couldn’t find their footing until the final five holes. , posting a 5-under-par round of 275.
Tech, who won the event last September with a 44-under-par, is in the middle of the pack after 18 holes, but 17 strokes behind leader Auburn, who posted a 22-under-par 258. He posted a 54-hole second round Saturday at 11 a.m. Eastern time begins.
Technology line – from Ogden, Utah and Stillman, a senior from Columbia, Mo. Howe matched the career low with four birdies in the first 10 holes, while Stillman had just one bogey in the round with five birdies. Howe is in a six-way tie for seventh place individually, while Stillman is tied for 13th.Th.
The Yellow Jackets also posted a pair of 2-over 72s from the senior. Bartley Forster and primary Aidan TranWhile a junior Christo Lamprecht 75 was Friday without a counter after inserting the card.
Howe and Stillman each birdied 17 and 18 on Friday, while Forster added another birdie on 17, lifting the Yellow Jackets to 10 off the bottom of the field.Th place.
Conor Howe tied his career low round of 65 Friday at Mirabel Golf Club. (Photo by Todd Drexler)
Team event leaderboard – Auburn’s No. 5 player Ryan Eshlam fired a 10-under-60 Friday, and the Tigers got a 64 from top player Carson Bacha and a 65 from Evan Vo to set up a 22-under round to win by 10. -Stroke With Oregon shooting a 12-under-par 268, Washington and Tennessee are tied for third with 269(-11) rounds.
Florida State (270, -10), Arizona State (271, -9), Wake Forest (272, -8), Arizona (273, -7), New Mexico and UCLA (each at 274, -6) round out the 18-team field. Top 10 teams on the leaderboard.
Eshleman became 16Th The college golfer shot 60 in the tournament, and took a three-shot lead over Wake Forest’s Boyd Evans and Oregon’s Owen Avril, each with a 7-under 63. (tied for fourth), Howe is one of six players tied for 5-under-par 65 (tied for seventh).
Of the 90 players in the field, 46 are at a comparable level.
Individual event leaderboard – Wake Forest’s Andrew McLauchlan finished the 37-player individual event with an 8-under-par 64 at Desert Mountain Outdoor Course, ahead of Demon Deacon teammate Colin Adams and Arizona State’s Michael Majasez, who each shot 66 Friday.
Tech’s first man Hiroshi Tai 4-under-par 68 and tied for 9th place as a junior Aidan Kramer Posted a 3-over 75 (tied for 25thTh) and Jr Adam Bratton An 11-over-Article 83 (37Th location).
Competition information – The Yellow Jackets will be competing in the Maui Jim Intercollegiate for the fifth time, winning the tournament in 2018 and 2021 and finishing sixth and second two years ago. Georgia State will host the 18-team event, which will conclude with 54 holes Sunday. The team event is at Mirabel Golf Club, a 7,118-yard, par-70 course in Scottsdale, Ariz., in the same area as Greyhawk Golf Club, the site of the NCAA Championship last spring and is playing in each of the next two years. .
A companion 54-hole event for individuals not in their team’s starting lineup is being held simultaneously on the outdoor course at Mount Desert. Three Tech players will participate in Saturday’s 36-hole individual tournament.
Participating teams include Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Clemson, East Tennessee State, Florida State, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, New Mexico, NC State, Oregon, San Diego State, Tennessee, UCLA, UNLV, Washington and Wake Forest. Georgia Tech (3), Arizona State (5), Tennessee (10), Florida State (11), Wake Forest (24), Oregon (26), East Tennessee State (27) and Washington (30) are all listed among the golfers. The Channel’s Top 30 Preseason Teams.
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