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Men's Golf Tied For Ninth After First Round of Linger Longer Invitational

Chanticleers just five shots out of fourth

       

Freshman Sebastian Soderberg leads the Chants' effort through the first round

Freshman Sebastian Soderberg leads the Chants' effort through the first round

March 26, 2010

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    GREENSBORO, GA. --  Coastal Carolina University's men's golf team is tied for ninth after the first 18 holes of the 2010 Linger Longer Invitational, March 26. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being played at Reynolds Plantation (Par 72 - 7,005 yards) in Greensboro, Ga.

    Coastal shot a 17-over 305 in the opening round, tying for ninth with No. 8 Texas A&M. No. 2 Oklahoma State and Furman are tied for the lead after posting 5-over 293 on the first day. No. 24 Alabama is in third, one shot behind at 294, with No. 15 Georgia Tech (300) and No. 11 Florida State (301) rounding out the top five. Just five shots separate the Chanticleeers from Georgia Tech in fourth.

    The Chants are led by freshman Sebastian Soderberg, who is tied for 18th at 3-over 75. Senior Dan Obremski and redshirt-sophomore Drew Ernst are tied for 24th after each posted a 4-over 76. Senior Sam Lyons was next for Coastal in a tie for 48th at 6-over 78, while redshirt-freshman Daily Young rounded out the team effort with a 13-over 85, tying for 88th. Freshman Anders Larson, playing as an individual, is tied for 91st after a 15-over 87.

    The Chanticleers go off No. 10, starting at 9:58 a.m., with USC-Aiken and Louisville.

Team Results (Golfstat Ranking)    Scores
    1.    Furman    293 (+5)
        Oklahoma State (2)    293 (+5)
    3.    Alabama (24)    294 (+6)
    4.    Georgia Tech (15)    300 (+12)
    5.    Florida State (11)    301 (+13)
    6.    Kennesaw State    303 (+15)
    7.    Georgia (20)    304 (+16)
        Charlotte (49)    304 (+16)
    9.    Texas A&M (8)    305 (+17)
        Coastal Carolina     305 (+17)
    11.    Louisville    307 (+19)
    12.    USC-Aiken (37 - Division II)    311 (+23)
    13.    San Jose State    313 (+25)
    14.    Mercer    314 (+26)
    15.    Oklahoma    315 (+27)
    16.    South Alabama    317 (+29)

Individual Results (Top 5 Plus Coastal)
    1.    Bud Cauley (Alabama)    64 (-8)
    2.    Sean Einhaus (Oklahoma State)    70 (-2)
    3.    Austin Reeves (Furman)    71 (-1)
    4.    Jeff Karlsson (Kennesaw State)    72 (E)
        Trent Whitekiller (Oklahoma State)    72 (E)

    t18.    Sebastian Soderberg (Coastal)    75 (+3)
    t24.    Dan Obremski (Coastal)    76 (+4)
    t24.    Drew Ernst (Coastal)    76 (+4)
    t48.    Sam Lyons (Coastal)    78 (+6)
    t88.    Daily Young (Coastal)    85 (+13)
    t91.    Anders Larson (Coastal-Ind.)     87 (+15)