Oct. 23, 2011
POWELLS POINT, NC-- The University of Georgia, last year's NCAA National runners-up is 17-under par afterfiring a 271 to lead the second annual ODU/Outerbanks Collegiate by 10 strokes after the first round. The Bulldogshave three players in the top 10.
Host ODU is in fourth place in the 18-team field led by senior Neil Henderson(North Berwick, Scotland) who is tied for 10th with a 71.
T.J. Mitchell shot a tournament first round best 64, while Bulldog teammate Keith Mitchell shot 65 at the par72, 6535 yard Kilmarlic golf course. Liberty is in second place led by Robert karlsson who shot 65 and the Universityof Maryland is third at 288. T.J. Mitchell's 64 bested the 65 shot last year by Harold Varner of East Carolina who was the tournament medalist.
The Monarchs have two players tied for 15th in junior Garth McGee (Bangor, Northern Ireland) and sophomore John Dawson (Chesapeake, VA.), who both shot even par - 72.
Henderson is tied for fourth in par three scoring at 2.80. John Dawson is tied forsecond with 14 pars, while McGee is tied for fifth with five birdies.
Second round action begins at 8:30 a.m. and you can follow the scoring action on www.golfstat.com.
Old Dominion / OBX collegiate Powells Point, NC Oct 23 - Oct 25, 2011 Round 1 ScoresKilmarlic Golf Club ODU/OBX INVITATIONAL - Par 72, 6559 yards Fin.
Scores Par 1 Georgia....................... 271 -17 2 Liberty....................... 281 -7 3 Maryland...................... 288 E 4 Old Dominion.................. 289 +1 T5 George Washington U........... 291 +3 T5 Winthrop...................... 291 +3 7 Radford....................... 292 +4 T8 James Madison................. 293 +5 T8 Louisville.................... 293 +5T10 William & Mary................ 295 +7T10 Delaware...................... 295 +7 12 Longwood...................... 298 +10 13 George Mason.................. 299 +11 14 Richmond...................... 300 +12 15 Elon.......................... 303 +15 16 Hartford...................... 309 +21 17 Saint Joseph's- Phila......... 318 +30 18 Drexel........................ 323 +35ODU GOLFERST10 Neil Henderson 71T15 John Dawson 72T15 Garth McGee 72T34 Tom WIlde 74T69 Jamison Randall 79
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS1 T.J. Mitchell-georgia 642. Keith Mitchell- Georgia 653. Robert Karlsson - Liberty 674. Jack Persons - GW 68