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Men's Golf In 17th After Opening Round of NCAA East Regional

       

Men's Golf In 17th After Opening Round of NCAA East Regional

ORLANDO, FLA. – The Coastal Carolina men’s golf team struggled through the opening round and currently stands in 17th at the NCAA East Regional, May 18. The 54-hole tournament is being played at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Fla.  

The first round was played under sunny, but windy conditions. Three teams broke par and 14 players among the field of 141 finished under par. The Chanticleers posted a 301 in the first round with just seven shots separating them from seventh. Top-seeded Georgia leads with a four-under 284, with Wake Forest one shot behind in second with a 285 and UNLV in third at one-under 287.

Individually, Jonathan Jackson of North Carolina fired a six-under 66 to lead Georgia’s Brendon Todd by one shot. Defending East Region medalist junior Dustin Johnson (Lexington, S.C./Dutch Fork) of Coastal is tied for 10th at one-under 71, with sophomore Joachim Fourquet (Bourdeaux, France/Lycee St. Genes) the next CCU player at three-over 75, tied for 53rd.

Friday's second round tee times begin at 7 a.m. The top-10 squads in the 27-team field, plus two individuals not on those teams, advance to the NCAA Championship, which begins May 31 in Sunriver, Ore.

Team Standings
1 Georgia 284 −4
2 Wake Forest Univ. 285 −3
3 UNLV 287 −1
4 Rhode Island, U. of 288 E
5 Texas Tech 289 +1
6 UCLA 292 +4
7 North Carolina 294 +6
8 Georgia Southern 295 +7
9 Auburn 296 +8
10 Jacksonville Univ. 297 +9
T11 Southern California 298 +10
T11 Georgia State Univ. 298 +10
T11 Western Illinois U. 298 +10
T14 Charlotte 299 +11
T14 Indiana University 299 +11
16 Notre Dame, U. of 300 +12
17 Coastal Carolina 301 +13
18 Florida State Univ. 302 +14
19 South Carolina 304 +16
20 Maryland, U. of 305 305
21 George Washington U. 307 307
22 Richmond, Univ. of 309 309
23 Tennessee, Univ. of 310 310
T24 Liberty University 311 311
T24 Wichita State Univ. 311 311
26 Binghamton Univ. 312 312
27 Army 314 314

Individual Leaders (Top 5 plus Coastal)
1 Jonathan Jackson (North Carolina) 66 −6
2 Brendon Todd (Georgia) 67 −5
T3 Sean Moore (Wake Forest) 68 −4
T3 Mark Stevens (Rhode Island) 68 68 −4
5 Blake Trimble (UNLV) 69 −3

T10 Dustin Johnson (Coastal) 71 -1
T53 Joachim Fourquet (Coastal) 75 +3
T80 Moises Cobo (Coastal) 77 +5
T99 Zack Byrd (Coastal) 78 +6
T109 Cameron Hooper (Coastal) 79 +7