VERO BEACH, Fla. – Senior
Palmer Yenrick sits in first place after firing a pair of career-best seven-under par 65s on Sunday and the Toledo men's golf team is tied for first place at 28-under par after 36 holes at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational.
The Rockets shot a 12-under par 276 this morning and followed it up with a school-record tying 16-under par 272 in the afternoon. It is the second-straight year UT has shot that school-record total on the par-72, 7,350-yard Quail Valley Golf Club. Toledo set a 54-hole school record at Quail Valley last year with a 29-under par 835, a mark the Rockets have an opportunity to break in the final round tomorrow.
Toledo is tied with South Florida in the team standings, four strokes ahead of Indiana and 10 in front of Cincinnati. Yenrick holds a two-stroke lead on the individual leaderboard over USF's Jake Peacock (66-66=132) and is three in front of teammate
Barend Botha (67-66=133).
Yenrick, who missed tying the 18-hole school record by a stroke, leads the field with 15 birdies and committed just one bogey over 36 holes. Botha registered 11 birdies and was bogey-free today.
"It's always nice to see hard work paid off in the form of good scores and Palmer is one of the hardest working guys around," Head Coach
Jeff Roope said. "It was a good start to the tournament for the team, and we're hoping for a solid team day again tomorrow."
Sophomore
Mads Jensen is tied for 56
th place at even-par after rebounding from a four-over 76 in the opening round with a four-under 68 this afternoon. Rounding out the Rockets' lineup are seniors
NJ Botha (T-63
rd/72-73=145) and
Jamie Tofte Nielsen (T-66
th/72-74=146).
Tomorrow's final round will begin at 8:30 a.m.
TEAM STANDINGS
T1. TOLEDO 276-272=548 (-28); T1. South Florida 275-273=548 (-28); 3. Indiana 271-281=552 (-24); 4. Cincinnati 275-283=558 (-18); T5. North Florida 281-278=559 (-17); T5. Liberty 285-274=559 (-17); 7. Northern Illinois 274-287=561 (-15); T8. Rutgers 278-284=562 (-14); T8. Minnesota 276-286=562 (-14); 10. Memphis 283-281=564 (-12); 11. Michigan State 283-282=565 (-11); 12. Kent State 284-284=568 (-8); 13. Penn State 282-289=571 (-5); 14. Maryland 283-289=572 (-4); 15. UNC-Greensboro 290-283=573 (-3); 16. Florida Atlantic 288-291=579 (+3)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Palmer Yenrick (Toledo) 65-65=130 (-14); 2. Jake Peacock (USF) 66-66=132 (-12);
3. Barend Botha (Toledo) 67-66=133 (-11); 4. Brock Healy (USF) 68-66=134 (-10); 5. Drew Salyers (Indiana) 68-67=135 (-9)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
1.
Palmer Yenrick 65-65=130 (-14); 3.
Barend Botha 67-66=133 (-11); T56.
Mads Jensen 76-68=144 (E); T63.
NJ Botha 72-73=145 (+1); T66.
Jamie Tofte Nielsen 72-74=146 (+2)