DICKSON, Tenn. - The No. 17/16 University of the South men's golf team is currently in a tie for second place after the opening round at the 2023 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Men's Golf Championships, Friday from GreyStone Golf Club.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Men's Golf: T-2nd of 8 (282) after 18 holes at the SAA Championships
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| # |
Team |
1st Rd |
Total |
| 1. |
No. 9/9 Oglethorpe |
277 |
277 |
| 2. |
Rhodes (Tenn.) |
282 |
282 |
|
No. 17/16 Sewanee (Tenn.) |
282 |
282 |
| 4. |
Berry (Ga.) |
290 |
290 |
| 5. |
Centre (Ky.) |
294 |
294 |
| 6. |
Hendrix (Ark.) |
295 |
295 |
| 7. |
Millsaps (Miss.) |
298 |
298 |
| 8. |
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
299 |
299 |
First Set of Rankings are from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Coaches Poll; Second Set of Rankings are the Top-25 GolfStat Rankings for Division III
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
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Grayson Maddox,
Ryan Demit and
Langdon Aronson all shot a 70 to lead Sewanee, as all three are five strokes from the leader after 18 holes.
-Aronson, after shooting an even par, 36, through nine holes, birdied three of hte next five holes, including back-to-back on holes 13 and 14, both par 4s. He finished the day with a birdie of the par 5 on the 17th.
-Demit also had five birdies on the day, including three on the front-nine.
-Maddox led the team with six birdies, good for second-most in the field. The senior putted four straight one-unders from holes seven through 10.
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Colin Edwards trails the Sewanee trio by two strokes with a even par, 72, while No. 13
Pearse Lucas carded a 74 in the opening round.
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Drew Miller rounded out the Sewanee scoring at 77.
-Despite the team score through the first 18 holes, Birmingham-Southern's Tanner Bronnum posted nine birdies in the opening round to score a 65, tying a conference for the lowest round at the championship.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-After a slow start by the Tigers where they were in seventh, shooting at even par halfway through, Sewanee bounced back to finish tied for second with Rhodes.
-Oglethorpe holds a five-stroke lead of Rhodes and Sewanee with a 277, missing their own championship record by one stroke.
UP NEXT
Day two of the championships will start up for Sewanee at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday.
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