GREENVILLE, S.C. – Toledo finished Friday's opening round of the 51st Annual Furman Intercollegiate in seventh place with an 11-over par 295. The Rockets are just five strokes behind third-place FGCU in the team standings in the three-day event being held at the par 71, 6,994-yard Furman University Golf Course.

"There was consistent effort by everyone and they fought hard," Head Coach Jeff Roope said. "I don't think anybody was really having the kind of consistent ball-striking day they were hoping for. If we give the same effort, correct a couple of club selection errors and hit some better shots, we'll be okay."
 
Junior David Amm is leading the Rockets and tied for 12^th place at one-over par 72. He played his final 11 holes at two-under after bogeying four of his first seven holes.
 
Sophomore NJ Botha and freshman Barend Botha are tied for 29^th place at three-over par 74. NJ had a chance to match Amm's team-best round but bogeyed his final two holes.
 
Rounding out the Rocket lineup are junior Muhammed Afif Mohd Fathi (T-47^th/75) and freshman Jamie Tofte Nielsen (T-60^th/76). Senior Nate Thomson is competing as an individual and tied for 29th place at three-over par 74.
 
Furman is leading the 17-team field at one-under par 283, with the Paladins' Keller Harper tied for first place at five-under par 66 with George Mason's Colin Slater.

Saturday's second round is slated to get underway at 8:00 a.m., with final-round action on Sunday beginning with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start.
 
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Furman 283 (-1); 2. Wofford 287 (+3); 3. FGCU 290 (+6); 4. George Mason 292 (+8); 5. Charleston Southern 293 (+9); 6. Chattanooga 294 (+10); 7. Toledo 295 (+11); 8. Francis Marion 297 (+13); T9. Western Carolina 298 (+14); T9. USC-Aiken 298 (+14); T9. Marshall 298 (+12); T9. High Point 298 (+12); T13. Presbyterian 303 (+19); T13. Samford 303 (+19); 15. Towson 305 (+21); 16. Connecticut 306 (+22); 17. Xavier 315 (+31)
 
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
T1. Keller Harper (Furman) 66 (-5); T1. Colin Slater (GMU) 66 (-5); T3. Tyler Jones (Marshall) 70 (-1); T3. Jake Carter (CSU) 70 (-1); T3. Brady Madsen (FGCU) 70 (-1); Ind.-T3. Walker Crosby (Furman) 70 (-1)
 
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T12. David Amm 72 (+1); T29. NJ Botha 74 (+3); T29. Barend Botha 74 (+3); Ind.-T29. Nate Thomson 74 (+3); T47. Muhammed Afif Mohd Fathi 75 (+4); T60. Jamie Tofte Nielsen 76 (+5)