Senior Bryce Molder alone in second place after the first round of play
ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech men’s golf team struggled in the first round of play and is in 13th place after 18 holes at the Ping/Golfweek Preview. The 54-hole, two-day event is being contested at the 7,100-yard, par-72 Duke University Golf Club in Durham, N.C., which will also be the site of the 2001 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships.
The Yellow Jackets finished the day with a team total of 300, which puts them 13 strokes off the pace of team leader Georgia, which finished the first round with a score of 287, and was the only team to finish the first round under par.
Tech’s individuals in the field were led by senior Bryce Molder (Conway, Ark.), who fired a 4-under-par 33-35-68 and trails individual leader Kevin Haefner of Auburn (34-33-67) by one stroke.
Following Molder in the individual standings is junior Matt Weibring (Plano, Texas), who is part of an eight-way tie for 49th place at 4-over-par 40-36-76, and sophomore Adam Cranford (Augusta, Ga.), who is part of a five-way tie for 57th at 5-over-par, 36-41-77.
Rounding out the Yellow Jacket contingent in the field are junior Kris Mikkelsen (Woodstock, Ga.), and senior Wes Latimer (Woodstock, Ga.), both of whom are part of a group of six players in 69th place at, 8-over-par, 40-39-79.
The Ping/Golfweek Preview will continue this afternoon with the second round of play, and will conclude tomorrow with the third and final round of competition.
TEAM SCORES AFTER 18 HOLES1. Georgia 2872. Auburn 2883. Arizona State 2904. Arizona 2925. UNLV 2936. Northwestern 294 BYU 2948. Oklahoma State 296 Texas 29610. North Carolina 29711. Clemson 29812. Duke 29913. Georgia Tech 30014. Kent State 302 Houston 30216. TCU 308TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS, TECH PLAYERS1. Kevin Haefner, Auburn 672. Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech 683. James Oh, UNLV 694. Erik Compton, Georgia 70 Ryan Hybl, Georgia 70 Reid Hatley, Arizona 707. Dustin Bray, North Carolina 71 John Klauk, Texas 71 Manuel Merizalde, BYU 71 Jeff Quinney, Arizona State 71GEORGIA TECH INDIVIDUALST49. Matt Weibring 76T57. Adam Cranford 77T69. Kris Mikkelsen 79 Wes Latimer 79
