TOLEDO, Ohio – Senior
Palmer Yenrick and junior
Jamie Tofte Nielsen of the Toledo men's golf team were both in the Top 15 following Monday's opening round of the Inverness Intercollegiate. The second round at the par-71, 7,265-yard Inverness Club was suspended due to darkness and will resume at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow with the third and final round to follow.
Yenrick fired an even-par 71 and is tied for 11
th place, while Nielsen was one shot behind and tied for 15
th place with a one-over par 72.
Yenrick opened his round with a bogey before registering 12 straight pars. He then birded two of his next four holes before ending with a bogey. Nielsen also collected two birdies in his round but bogeyed his final hole to finish one-over.
The remainder of the Rockets' lineup included junior
Barend Botha (T-52
nd/76), freshman
Bence Kotel (T-66
th/78) and senior
NJ Botha (T-82
nd/82).
As a team, Toledo was in 12th place after the opening round at 13-over par.
No. 6 Georgia Tech led the 16-team field after one round at three-over par, one shot in front of No. 8 Texas Tech. No. 4 Oklahoma was tied for third at five-over par with Louisville and SMU.
The tournament field includes the No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 6 Georgia Tech, No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 20 Notre Dame and No. 22 Washington. Also receiving votes in the poll were Ohio State, Purdue, SMU and Virginia.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Georgia Tech 287 (+3); 2. Texas Tech 288 (+4); T3. Oklahoma 289 (+5); T3. Louisville 289 (+5); T3. SMU 289 (+5); T6. Ohio State 290 (+6); T6. East Tennessee State 290 (+6); 8. Purdue 291 (+7); 9. Virginia 293 (+9); T10. USC 296 (+12); T10. Notre Dame 296 (+12);
12. Toledo 297 (+13); 13. Charlotte 300 (+16); 14. Iowa 301 (+17); 15. Washington 303 (+19); 16. South Alabama 307Â (+23)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Mats Ege (ETSU) 66 (-5); 2. Christo Lamprecht (GT) 67 (-4); T3. Maxwell Moldovan( (OSU)Â Â 68 (-3); T3. Calum Scott (TTU) 68 (-3); 5. Connor Howe (GT) 69 (-2)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T11.
Palmer Yenrick 71 (E); T15.
Jamie Tofte Nielsen 72 (+1); T52.
Barend Botha 76 (+5); T66.
Bence Kotel 78 (+7); T82.
NJ Botha 82 (+11)
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