SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sophomore
Turner Chiles shot a career-best eight-under par 64 while freshman
Aidan Tudor and senior
Elias Becker also carded bogey-free rounds of 66 and 67, respectively, leading Sewanee men's golf to a first-place tie Friday after the opening round of the Jekyll Island Collegiate in Jekyll Island, Ga.
The Tigers shot 17-under par as a team in the first round, tied with Huntingdon College and eight strokes in front of Carnegie Mellon. The tournament concludes with single rounds Saturday and Sunday at the Pine Lakes Course at Jekyll Island Golf Club.
All of the Sewanee players started their rounds at No. 10, with Chiles collecting four pars in a five-hole stretch to begin the day. He then reeled off four straight birdies on holes 15-18 to make the turn. On the front nine the Houston, Texas, native made seven pars with a birdie at No. 2.
He eagled his final hole of the day, the par-4 ninth, holing out from 140 yards for the eight-under 64, tying the program record for lowest individual single round. He trails Huntingdon's Cole Humphrey by one stroke.
Tudor netted five consecutive pars to open the round before recording three birdies in four holes to make the turn. The New Market, Md., native registered six pars and three more birdies on the front nine, on holes one, five and seven, shooting six-under 66, tied for third individually.
Becker also played bogey-free golf on Friday with six pars and birdies on holes 13, 15 and 18 on the back nine. The Mexico City, Mexico, native added seven more pars and birdies on holes seven and nine on the front for a five-under 67, tied for seventh.
Senior
Colin Edwards started the day with two bogeys on his first three holes before tallying four straight pars and a birdie at No. 18. The Brookhaven, Ga., native collected eight pars and one bogey on the front nine for a two-over 74, tied for 68
th.
Sophomore
Niel Phillips opened his round with a par before a bogey and a double bogey but came back with a birdie at No. 13. The New Orleans, La., native recorded five consecutive pars to finish the back nine. On the front he bogeyed holes one and three but netted a birdie at No. 6, shooting three-over 75, tied for 85
th.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
2.
Turner Chiles – 64
t3.
Aidan Tudor – 66
t7.
Elias Becker – 67
t68.
Colin Edwards – 74
t85.
Niel Phillips – 75
TEAM RESULTS
t1. Sewanee – 271
t1. Huntingdon College – 271
3. Carnegie Mellon – 279
4. Illinois Wesleyan – 280
t5. Southwestern University – 281
t5. Washington and Lee – 281
7. Babson College – 282
8. Methodist University – 284
9. Piedmont University – 286
t10. Transylvania University – 287
t10. University of Lynchburg – 287
t10. Greensboro College – 287
13. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps – 288
t14. Hampden-Sydney – 291
t14. Emory University – 291
16. Shenandoah College – 292
17. Kenyon College – 293
t18. Guilford College – 295
t18. Amherst College – 295
t18. Christopher Newport – 295
t18. LaGrange College – 295
t22. Pomona-Pitzer – 297
t22. University of Rochester – 297
t22. University of Redlands – 297
25. Roanoke College – 298
26. Oglethorpe University – 300
t27. Rhodes College – 301
t27. Randolph-Macon – 301
t29. Berry College – 302
t29. New York University – 302
