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Alabama Men’s Golf in Third After Opening Round of Clemson Invitational
4/7/2017 8:56:00 AM | Men's Golf
Davis Riley in second overall following Friday’s 18 holes
SALEM, S.C. – Sophomore Davis Riley carded a 1-under par 71 on Friday to lead the Alabama men's golf team after the opening round of play at the Clemson Invitational. As a team, the Crimson Tide ended the day in third overall with a team total of 10-over par 298.
Riley, who is in second place after the opening 18 holes of play, was 2-over par when he made the turn, but blistered the back nine with five birdies to rally for his seventh consecutive round of par or better. He enters Saturday's second round just two strokes back of clubhouse leader William Rainey from College of Charleston (69).
Junior Jonathan Hardee is in 12th overall with a 2-over par 74 on the par 72, 7,103-yard Cliffs at Keowee Falls course. Junior Steven Setterstrom is just behind Hardee after carding a 3-over par 75 to end the day in a tie for 15th position.
Redshirt freshman Josh Sedeno, the reigning SEC Freshman Men's Golfer of the Week, shot a 78 to place 35th, while junior Lee Hodges rounds out the Tide with an 81 to end the day in 50th.
Tournament host and No. 18-ranked Clemson leads the 13-team field after carding a 6-over-par 294, while No. 21 Georgia Tech is in second with an 8-pver 296. Following the Crimson Tide is College of Charleston (303) and SMU (306), which rounds out the top five teams, respectively.
Alabama will tee off round two at 10:10 a.m. ET (9:10 a.m. CT) off Hole No. 1, and will be paired alongside Clemson and Georgia Tech. Live scoring will be available on golfstat.com.
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