Tide in 6th After 1st Round at Augusta State Invitational
4/2/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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AUGUSTA, GA. - Playing under windy conditions, the University of Alabama is in sixth place out of 18 teams here at the Augusta State Invitational.
Originally, the first 36 holes of the tournament were to be played on Saturday. But rules officials suspended play early in the second round Saturday afternoon after wind gusts downed trees on the course and made conditions dangerous for both the golfers and the spectators. None of the second round scores will count when the players return to the course Sunday morning as they'll re-start the second round at 7 a.m. CT then follow with the third and final round around noon CT.
East Tennessee State leads the field of 18 teams, shooting 15 over par in Saturday morning's opening round, carding 303. ETSU is one stroke ahead of tournament host Augusta State which shot 304. Georgia Southern is third (305), Georgia is fourth (308), Notre Dame fifth (310), Alabama sixth (311), North Florida and South Carolina are tied at seventh (314), Central Florida is ninth (315), Duke is tenth (316), tied at 11th are Southern California and North Carolina, tied at 13th are Toledo and Wake Forest (318), tied at 15th are Minnesota and North Carolina State (320), Clemson is at 17th (321) and Virginia Tech is 18th (322).
Thomas Hagler, who transferred to Alabama from Augusta State this season, leads the Crimson Tide and is within striking distance for a title after one round. Hagler shot 74, two over par, and is four strokes behind tournament leader Rhys Davies who ranks No. 3 in the nation. The ETSU golfer carded two under par, 70, in the opening round and leads by two shots against Augusta State's Scott Jamieson who is in second in the individual standings.
Alabama's other four scorecards find Clint Provost T-17th after carding 77. Gator Todd is T-36th after shooting 79, and, among a T-55th are Alabama's Mark Harrell and Joseph Sykora who both carded scores of 81.
