FIRST ROUND RESULTS | PHOTOS (COMING SOON)
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Golf shot a 290 during the opening round of the Golfweek Fall Challenge to finish the day tied for seventh place (out of 18 teams) on Sunday afternoon.
Brady Bennett led his team for the second straight season opener after shooting a 71. With birdies on holes six, nine, 15 and 17, the super senior finished the day tied for 15th overall.
Grayson Gilbert finished his day at even par. Grayson got off to a mixed start on the front nine with three bogeys going with two birdies before finishing every hole at par or better on the back nine. The Monroe native sits tied for 22nd place heading into day two.
Graduate Student
Henry Augenstein made his Privateer debut and finished with a solid scorecard of 73 after a bit of a slow start. After starting bogey, birdie, double bogey on the first three holes the Wofford transfer went one-under-par on the final 15 holes on Sunday.
The Privateers shot the ball well from tee to green and sank 17 birdies on Sunday afternoon. The team score of 290 was the squad's best round since shooting a 285 in the third round of last season's Big Texan, and their best first-round score since shooting a 286 during the opening round of the 2019 Colin Montgomerie Invitational two years ago.
The Golfweek Fall Challenge continues with round two on Monday morning, fans can follow along on
Golfstat.com.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
T7 New Orleans, U. of 290 | 290
T15
Brady Bennett (3) 71 | 71
T22
Grayson Gilbert (1) 72 | 72
T31
Henry Augenstein (4) 73 | 73
T56
Florian Moosmeier (2) 74 | 74
T73
Lukas Heckmann (5) 77 | 77
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"A lot of positives today. Thought we hit it from tee to green very well. We left a ton of putts out there - that being said we still made of a lot of birdies so that tells you just how well we hit it from tee to green."
"I also thought we responded to adversity well and showed a lot of grit out there. We need to do better going forward limiting the big numbers on the scorecard and converting more opportunities on the greens. Overall, a very positive first round and I'm excited to see how we come out tomorrow."
(on Augenstein's debut)
"Henry showed some heart out there. He didn't get off to the best start but he battled through it and put up a good number. Could not be more pleased with his effort today."
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