University of Texas Arlington
36 Holes
GOLFERS TIED FOR FIFTH PLACE IN TENNESSEE
9/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 11, 2006
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. - The UT Arlington men's golf team fired back-to-back rounds of 15-over-par 303 which was good enough to tie for fifth place after the opening day of the Scenic City Invitational here Monday.
Darkness left six teams on the course - Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southeastern Louisiana, Virginia, Charlotte and Tennessee-Chattanooga - with their second round scores pending until the completion of the round. Charlotte and Middle Tennessee State were tied at 15-over-par. MTSU finished their afternoon round with a 306 after carding a three-under-par 285 in the morning.
Mississippi State is 17-over-par followed by Mississippi at 22-over before Ut Arlington, Memphis and Alabama-Birmingham sit in a three-way logjam at 30-over-par 606.
UT Arlington, who stood tied for 13th after nine holes, grinded out the day on the prestigious Honors Course (par-72, 7,215 yards), regarded as one of the top 100 golf courses in the country by Golfweek.com. The Honors course proved worth its mettle with an average score of 78.60 in the afternoon after allowing an average score of 76.99 in the morning.
Junior Zack Reeves posted one of 10 under-par rounds on the day with a two-under 70 in the morning. His four birdies and two bogeys on the round kept the Mavs in the hunt as no one else on the squad was able to figure out the layout. But the Honors course showed her teeth in the afternoon as Reeves struggle to six-over-par through the first seven holes before double bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18 gave the all-Southland Conference first-team member an 81, the second-highest score he has posted in his collegiate career.
Callum Macaulay of Mississippi is he tournament leader after a 69 and 71 (140) on opening day.
Senior Ryan Zamorano (77-75-152) played steady for the day. Three birdies on the front nine holes in the afternoon offset three bogeys and a double-bogey en route to a 75.
A trio of freshmen - Bryce Easton, Michael van de Venter and Kevin Varrichio - kept the Mavs' on the top half of the leaderboard as they got a dose of Division I collegiate golf.
Easton overcame a quadruple bogey eight on the par-4, fifth hole on the opening round to post a seven-over-par 79 in his collegiate debut. In the afternoon, Easton eagled the 490-yard, par-5 to finish two-over 74 and 153 for the day.
Varrichio, a redshirt from Arlington, posted rounds of 77 and 78 for a 155.
Van de Venter bogeyed the final two holes of the afternoon to finish four-over 76 after a morning round of 81.
Third round action will begin at 7 a.m. and can be followed on golfstat.com.
