Panama City Beach, Florida – bartley forrester and Christ Lamprecht Monday with a 1-under 71 on each shot for a 12 lead.th– Ranked Georgia Tech tied for sixth with a score of 1-under 287 after the opening round of the Water Sound Invitational.
Forester and new student Kale Fontnot They each got a birdie on the par-4 18.thThe 460-yard par-4 at Sharkstooth Golf Course put the Yellow Jackets on red for the day, nine strokes off the pace set by third-place Vanderbilt.
The fourth event will see 12 teams compete over 54 holes at Watersound Resort through Wednesday. In the current Scoreboard NCAA Golf Rankings, seven of the 12 teams are ranked in the top 25 and eight teams are in the top 50. The tournament will resume with the second round at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, with the final round beginning at 8 a.m. ET. Wednesday morning ET: 30am ET.
Tech lineup – The fourth-year Forrester from Gainesville, Ga., played solid golf with two birdies and no bogeys on the back nine, finishing the round smoothly, including one eagle and three bogeys on the front. Lamprecht, a fourth-year player from George, South Africa and No. 2 in the world amateur rankings, birdied two holes and bogeyed one on the Sharkstooth course.They are tied for 15th placeth Individually ranked by 5 strokes from the lead.
Fontenot (Lafayette, Louisiana) eagled the par-5 third hole and added two birdies late in the round, but also made triple bogey on his way to an even-par 72, leaving him tied for 25th.th place. 2nd grade Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) He gave the Yellow Jackets their fourth score with a 1-over-par 73. Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, California) He shot a 2-over-par 74 on Monday.
2nd grade Aidan Tran (Fresno, California)Participated as an individual and played the course with an even par score of 72 and a tie for 25.th place.
On Monday, the Yellow Jackets had three eagles on par-5 holes, but played just 3 under par on the par-5 holes combined.
Bartley Forrester finished the opening round with a 1-under 71 and birdie. (Photo courtesy of Ross Obry)
team leaderboard – Four Vanderbilt players played under par on Monday, leading the No. 3 Commodores to a 10-under-par score of 278, five strokes behind Clemson University, tied at 5-under par, and No. 18 Mississippi State. I added. .
Notre Dame is fourth at 4-under 284, followed by Virginia in 10th place at 2-under 286. The Yellow Jackets are tied with Alabama for 11th place at 1-under 287.
personal leaderboard – Four Vanderbilt players are in the top 14 of the leaderboard, but Mississippi State’s Hunter Logan and Alabama’s Thomas Ponder each shot a 6-under 66 to take the lead on Monday. Ta. Vandy's Gordon Sargent, the top-ranked amateur in the world, and Gray Albright of Florida State University tied for third with a 4-under 68.
Commodores' Jackson Van Paris and Wells Williams, Ohio State's Neil Shipley and Clemson's Jonathan Nielsen tied for fifth with 3-under 69. Five players, including Matthew Riedel of the Bandidos, tied for 9th place with a 2-under 70.
Tournament information – Georgia Tech has been to the Water Sound Invitational for four consecutive years, winning by five strokes over Alabama in 2022 before finishing one stroke behind Vanderbilt last February. At last year's tournament, Christo Lamprecht tied for second place, with Ross Steelman and Hiroshi Tai also finishing in the top 10.
The tournament follows a traditional collegiate 54-hole, 5-count-4, stroke-play format, with 18 holes played every Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The event will be held at the 7,246-yard (par 72) Sharkstooth Golf Course, which was the site of his 2022 ACC Championship.
The 12-team field includes six Atlantic Coast Conference teams: Clemson, No. 13 Florida State, No. 12 Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, North Carolina State, and No. 10 Virginia, as well as No. 11 Alabama and No. 3 Vanderbilt. , No. 18 Mississippi State, No. 27 Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Penn State.
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