Eagles Tied for Ninth After Day One at Shoal Creek

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Following the first two rounds at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, the Georgia Southern golf team stands in a tie for ninth overall. The first two rounds on Monday (Sept. 22) took place at the Shoal Creek Country Club, hosted by UAB. The event will conclude Tuesday morning with the final 18 holes.

Georgia Southern shot 602 (+26) overall, tying with Auburn for ninth place. However, the Eagles are just seven strokes back of fourth place. The squad shot an opening round 305 then followed with a 297.

Senior Drew Lethem (Camdenton, MO/Olathe East/Odessa CC) carded a 75 and 74 to finish 5-over and tied for 18th overall.

Sophomore Logan Blondell (Lakeland, FL/Lakeland) shot a 1-over 73 in round two, finishing in a tie for 25th overall at 7-over. Freshman Sean Brannan (Duncansville, PA/Hollidaysburg Area) is tied for 37th, two strokes behind Blondell carding a 79 and 74.

Junior Spencer Fulford (Rocky Mount, N.C./Southwest Edgecomb) is tied for 43rd shooting a 73 and 81 to end the day at 10-over. Senior Jordan Johnstun (Evans/LaGrange) finished the day tied for 52nd with a 157.

Baylor was the only team to shoot even par in the first round and was 5-over on the day to take an eight-stroke lead into the final round. LSU was at +13, followed by Mississippi three strokes behind. From there UAB and Tulsa were tied at 19-over; East Tennessee State, North Florida and Texas Tech finished at +20; followed by the Eagles and Auburn at +26.

“I think this was the best weather we had in 10 years, but today we made too many big mistakes, too many doubles (bogeys),” said head coach Larry Mays. “Drew (Lethem) played solid today, in fact he was the only one on the team that did not make a double-bogey... The guys are in good spirits, ready for tomorrow. If we can go out tomorrow, eliminate the doubles and play a solid round we can certainly make a run up the leader board and leave here with a good feeling.”

After Two Rounds at Shoal Creek Intercollegiate (Par 72)

1.  Baylor (288-293) 581  +5

2.  LSU (301-288) 589  +13

3.  Mississippi (298-294) 592  +16

T4.  UAB (301-294) 595  +19

T4.  Tulsa (300-295) 595  +19

T6.  East Tennessee State (300-296) 596  +20

T6.  North Florida (294-302) 596  +20

T6.  Texas Tech (306-290) 596  +20

T9.  Georgia Southern (305-297) 602  +26

T9.  Auburn (299-303) 602  +26

11.  Wake Forest (309-295) 604  +28

12.  Oklahoma (317-300) 617  +41

Georgia Southern Individuals

T18.  Drew Lethem (75-74) 149  +5

T25.  Logan Blondell (78-73) 151  +7

T37.  Sean Brannan (79-74) 153  +9

T43.  Spencer Fulford (73-81) 154  +10

Category: Golf

Published on Monday, 22 September 2008 00:08