By: By Brian Harper
Live Scoring
SAPPHIRE, N.C. – After round one of the Hummingbird Intercollegiate the Kennesaw State men’s golf team sits in sixth place. The Owls finished the first 18-holes posting a 287, +3 score at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley. Leading the way for the Black and Gold is junior Matt Nagy. Nagy is currently tied for third amongst individuals turning in a score of 68, -3.
“We did a lot of this well today but unfortunately we struggled to finish off our rounds,” head coach Jay Moseley said. “We are playing well right now and if we play our best tomorrow we can definitely make a run at the title.”
Sophomore Ben Greene finished tied for eighth shooting a 70, -1. Freshmen Jonathan Klotz tied for 36th posting a 73, +1. Senior Chad Wilson finished tied for 62nd after shooting a 76, +5 and teammate freshmen Kelby Burton tied for 73rd posting a 77, +6.
Vanderbilt finished round one with the overall lead, six shots ahead of the field, with a collective team score of 277, -7. Wofford College was the only other school in the 18 team field to finish under par, ending the day in second place shooting a 283. Jacksonville posted a 284 to finish in third while Kentucky 285 and Gardner-Webb 286 rounded out the top five.
The Owls will begin the final round Tuesday at 10:03 a.m. Results can be viewed at Golfstat.com
Team Individual
1 Vanderbilt 277 -7 T3. Matt Nagy 68 -3
2 Wofford College 283 -1 T8. Ben Greene 70 -1
3 Jacksonville 284 E T36. Jonathan Klotz 73 +2
4 Kentucky 285 +1 T62. Chad Wilson 76 +5
5 Gardner-Webb 286 +2 T73. Kelby Burton 77 +6
6 Kennesaw State 287 +3
7 Elon University 288 +4
8 Furman 289 +5
9 Western Carolina 291 +7
T10 Winthrop 293 +9
T10 UAB 293 +9
12 Samford 294 +10
13 Radford 296 +12
T14 Akron 299 +15
T14 IPFW 299 +15
T16 Francis Marion 302 +18
T16 Appalachian State 302 +18
18 High Point 310 +26
