Sept. 25, 2011
Burlington, Iowa – Seth Reeves fired a 1-under-par 71 and Anders Albertson added a 72 Sunday to pace Georgia Tech, which posted a 6-over-par 294 and is tied for ninth place after the first round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
Reeves, a sophomore from Duluth, Ga., overcame a rough front nine and birdied three par 4s on the back side of the 7,010-yard Spirit Hollow Golf Club, and is tied for 17th place individually after 18 holes. Albertson, a freshman from Woodstock, Ga., had four birdies and four bogeys in his round, and is tied for 22nd place.
Sophomore Bo Andrews added a 75, and Ollie Schniederjans and James White each shot 76.
“It was a tough day, not a very good putting day,” said head coach Bruce Heppler. “But we got a decent round out of Anders and Seth finished very well. We’ve got four guys who are playing their fourth college round, so we’re going to have some days like this and we need to be patient. We need James to play better than he did today.”
Chattanooga led the way on the first day with a 9-under-par score of 279 to take a 1-stroke lead over Arkansas (8-under 280). Host and 2009 event winner Iowa and Oklahoma State are tied for third at 5-under 283. California is in fifth place at even-par 288, followed by Southeastern Louisiana and Kennesaw State, each at 5-over 293.
Tech is tied with Tulsa at 294, followed by Ball state, North Texas, UC Irvine, Xavier and New Mexico State.
The Jackets tee off in round 2 at 10 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday, and the 54-hole event concludes Tuesday.
GOLFWEEK CONFERENCE CHALLENGESpirit Hollow Golf Club, Burlington, IowaFirst-Round Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Chattanooga 279 -9 2 Arkansas 280 -8 T3 Iowa 283 -5 T3 Oklahoma State 283 -5 5 California 288 E 6 New Mexico 289 +1 T7 Southeastern Louisiana 293 +5 T7 Kennesaw State 293 +5 T9 Georgia Tech 294 +6 T9 Tulsa 294 +6 11 Ball State 295 +7 12 North Texas 297 +9 13 UC Irvine 298 +10 14 Xavier 299 +11 15 New Mexico State 301 +13
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Stephan Jaeger Chattanooga 67 -5 T2 John Catlin New Mexico 68 -4 T2 Matt Nagy Kennesaw State 68 -4 T2 Sean Einhaus Oklahoma State 68 -4 T2 Austin Cook Arkansas 68 -4 T6 Chris Robb Chattanooga 69 -3 T6 Andre Tourinho Tulsa 69 -3 T8 Steven Fox Chattanooga 70 -2 T8 Justin Shin New Mexico State 70 -2 T8 Joe Gasser Ball State 70 -2 T8 Bradley George Iowa 70 -2 T8 Pete Fernandez UC Irvine 70 -2 T8 Chris Brant Iowa 70 -2 T8 Josh Eure Arkansas 70 -2 T8 Pace Johnson California 70 -2 T8 Sebastian Cappelen Arkansas 70 -2
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T17 Seth Reeves (4) 71 71 T22 Anders Albertson (1) 72 72 T46 Bo Andrews (3) 75 75 T55 Ollie Schniederjans (2) 76 76 T55 James White (5) 76 76
