ROCKY FACE, GA – The University of San Francisco men's golf team began its 2019-20 campaign on Friday morning finishing tied for eighth with a 12-over 300 competing against some of the top teams in the country at the Carpet Capital Intercollegiate hosted by Georgia Tech.
"Today was a very solid start," said head coach
Jack Kennedy. "A lot more good things than bad things happened on the course today, we just need to stay patient and treat this as a regional and the results will come. Ultimately there's a lot of good things to build off and I'm excited to watch the guys get after it tomorrow."
The Dons placed three in the top-30 and are led by senior
Tim Widing who finished his first round with a 1-over 73, good enough to share a tie at 14
th. Widing opened the tournament with four birdies on the day, two on the front and a pair on the back.
Sophomores
Matthew Anderson and
Christoffer Palsson finished tied at 30
th with dual 3-over 75s. Anderson, coming off an outstanding summer in which he competed at the RBC Canadian Open, began his year going bogey-bogey on 10 and 11 to open the round. However, he birdied 17 to finish three over on the first nine holes. He finished even on the back-9 after recording a birdie on seven.
Palsson had the hole of the day when he eagled the par-5 12th. He birdied 13
th to go three under through the first four holes. Palsson finished the front-9 two-under. He ran into trouble on the back-9, but salvaged the round with a birdie on the par-5 ninth.
Alex Chin finished tied for 48
th with a 5-over 77 to finish fourth for USF.
Soren Lind finished behind him with a 6-over 78 which has him sitting tied for 56
th after 18.
Host Georgia Tech is in the lead after the first day. The Yellow Jackets finished with a 4-under 284. The individual leader is South Carolina's Jamie Wilson who finished the day with a 4-under 68.
The tournament resumes tomorrow when USF tees off at 8:00 a.m. eastern on the first hole with Colorado State and Charlotte. Fans can follow the live results at
Golfstat.com.
