Golf Completes Day One of Gopher Invitational
9/15/2007 4:20:00 AM | Men's Golf
WAYZATA, Minn. ? The Georgia Southern golf team opened up the 2007-2008 season today and concluded its first day of competition at the Gopher Invitational, held at the 7,020-yard, par-72 Spring Hill Golf Club.
The 12-team field played two rounds today amid cooler-than-average temperatures. Leading the Eagles with a tie for 24th place is junior Drew Lethem (Camdenton, Mo.) who shot a six-over 150. Lethem shot the team's low 18 on the day, a 74 in the first round.
Wisconsin's Danny Zimmerman and Dan Woltman hold the first and second places on the individual leaderboard with an eight-under 136 and a three-under 141, respectively.
Freshmen Logan Blondell (Lakeland, Fla.) and Joe Monte (Chantilly, Va.) competed in their first collegiate competition today. Blondell notched a 12-over 156 and sits tied for 49th place, while Monte holds 51st place just one stroke behind.
As a team, the Eagles carded a 45-over 621 and currently sit in 11th place ahead of Princeton by 19 strokes.
Leading the pack is Lamar carding an even-par 576, six strokes ahead of Wisconsin. Lamar was ranked No. 16 by the Golf World/Nike coaches pre-season poll going into the tournament.
Sunday's final round tee times will begin at 8 a.m.
Fans can follow the weekend's tournament live on-line at www.Golfstat.com. Post-tournament results and recap will be found at www.GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com.
| Team Results (After Round 2) | ||||
| 1 | Lamar | 290-286=576 (E) | ||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 293-289=582 (+6) | ||
| 3 | Notre Dame | 294-291=585 (+9) | ||
| 4 | Michigan State | 306-283=589 (+13) | ||
| 5 | Indiana | 297-295=592 (+16) | ||
| 6 | Arkansas | 298-295=593 (+17) | ||
| 7 | Illinois | 303-295=598 (+22) | ||
| 8 | San Diego | 304-298=602 (+26) | ||
| 9 | SMU | 304-299=603 (+27) | ||
| 10 | Minnesota | 308-304=612 (+36) | ||
| 11 | Georgia Southern | 312-309=621 (+45) | ||
| 12 | Princeton | 316-324=640 (+64) | ||
| Georgia Southern Individual Results (After Round 2) | ||||
| T24 | Drew Lethem | 74-76=150 (+6) | ||
| T49 | Logan Blondell | 80-76=156 (+12) | ||
| 51 | Joe Monte | 81-76=157 (+13) | ||
| 52 | Chris Smith | 77-81=158 (+14) | ||
| 59 | Matt Deal* | 78-84=162 (+18) | ||
| T63 | Jordan Johnstun | 83-82=165 (+21) | ||
| * Competing as Individual | ||||
