Hawaii, Kohala Coast – bartley forrester (67), Hiroshi Tai (68) And Christ Lamprecht (69) all shot below-average rounds on Thursday, leading No. 12 Georgia Tech to a score of 12-under 276 and moving into a tie for eighth place behind Amer Ali Intercollegiate's opening round.
Mauna Lani Resort's North Course had a low scoring day, with a par of 72 and just 6,913 yards. Seventeen of the 20 participating teams broke par, with No. 2 North Carolina leading the way at 26 under par, with all five players posting red numbers. Of the 124 players who participated that day, 75 were under par.
Forester's score tied the score at 12 points.th Thailand tied for 22nd placen.d.Lamprecht tied for 37th placeth.
The tournament continues with a second round shotgun start on Friday at 7:30 a.m. local time (12:30 p.m. ET).
Tech lineup – Forrester, a senior from Gainesville, Ga., played a clean round with five birdies and no bogeys on Thursday to share 12th place.th You will be placed in the same position as the other 9 players. Ty, a sophomore from Singapore, birdied three of his first five holes, reaching a total of five under for the day before suffering back-to-back bogeys, but finished with a birdie on the 10th hole.th 68 times tied for 22ndn.d. With 14 others. Lamprecht, a senior from George, South Africa, had 37 RBIs with five birdies and two bogeys.th I will line up with 11 other people.
new student Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, California) While giving the Yellow Jackets their fourth even-par score with a 72, the freshman Cale Fontenot (Lafayette, Louisiana) I shot a 1-over-par 73, but it didn't count.
Senior Aidan Kramer (Oviedo, Florida) Participating as an individual, he shot a 2-under 70 and tied for 49th place.th place.
Hiroshi Tai shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday. (Photo provided by Spencer Honda)
Team leaderboard – North Carolina took the lead with five players under par with a total of 26 under par, 262, with Arizona State in 7th place 3 strokes back at 265 (-23), and Texas Tech in 22nd place. University ranked third with 267 (-23). twenty one).
Oklahoma State (-18), No. 1 Auburn (-16), No. 12 Florida State (-15), and Pepperdine (-14), as well as the Yellow Jackets and No. 4 Washington State (both -12). exceeds.
personal leaderboard – Oklahoma State's Preston Stout led the opening round with a 10-under 62, including one eagle and eight birdies. He leads by one stroke over Arizona State's Wen-Yi Ding and Texas Tech's Matthew Coggies, who each shot 63.
North Carolina's David Ford is alone in fourth place with an 8-under 64, ahead of his older brother Maxwell, also from North Carolina, and another Tar Heel, Dylan Menante. This is higher than the three-way tie of 65.
Tournament information – Georgia Tech has competed in the Amer Ali Intercollegiate Tournament every year since 1999, except for 2015.rd This annual event, held Thursday through Saturday, is a 54-hole, 5-count, 4-stroke play traditional college tournament. This event will be held at Mauna Lani Golf Resort (par 72 North Course) on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, and will be the second time it has been held at the same venue.
The Yellowjackets have won the event five times, all between 1999 and 2006, with the team running back Carlton Forester (who shared the title in 1999) and Matt Kuchar (who shared the title in 1999 and 2000). Six Yellow Jackets, including Bryce, have won or shared an individual title. Mulder (shared title in 2000), Troy Mattson (2002), and Cameron Tringale (2006). Tech finished seventh out of 19 teams last year.
The 20-team field includes nine teams ranked in the current NCAA Golf Top 25 and several of the top 50 (with rankings) including top-ranked Auburn, No. 2 North Carolina, No. 4 Washington, and No. 2 Washington. 13 teams are participating. 7 Arizona State, 11th Georgia Tech, 12th Florida State, 16th Texas, 18th Oregon, 22nd Texas Tech, 31st UCLA, 42nd Oklahoma State, 46th Oregon State, no. .49 San Jose State.
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