DAY ONE RESULTS
NEW ORLEANS – International Privateers
Thomas Artigas (Alicante, Spain) and
Maximilian Wojciechowski (Berlin, Germany) both finished inside the top-20 as the University of New Orleans finished the first two rounds of the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate tied for sixth-place with a score of 597 on Monday afternoon.
Artigas had the best round of his career shooting a 67 during round two at RidgePointe Country Club. His round matched Devyn Pappas (Arkansas State), Pierce Johnson (Arkansas State) and Jack Schoenberger (Belmont) for the best round among the field of 69 through the first 36 holes. Overall, Thomas finished his day tied for 16
th with a score of 145 that included eight birdies and his first collegiate eagle.
The junior's second round score is tied for 13
th all-time in single round scoring for the Privateers, and he joins teammates
Ryan Fulton and
Grayson Gilbert having shot a 67 in his career. Artigas' former teammate
Florian Moosmeier was the last UNO golfer to shoot a 67 at the 2019 Sam Hall Intercollegiate.
Finishing one stroke better and tied for 15
th was Wojciechowski. Maximilian finished his first round under par (71) – his third round under par this season – with an incredible five straight birdies on holes two, three, four, five, and six to close out the round. The German sank a team-high nine birdies on Monday and made his third career collegiate eagle (his first at UNO) on hole 10 during the second round.
Henry Augenstein finished tied for 47
th after shooting a 154,
Gabriel Gallego finished tied for 56
th after shooting a 157, and
Grayson Gilbert finished 64
th after shooting a 161 to round out the team scoring for the Privateers.
Mason Roberts made his debut for UNO shooting a 163 as an independent, tying him for 65
th place. Roberts made five birdies to go with 14 pars in his first collegiate golf action since the 2020 Platinum Pipe Invitational for Wichita State.
The Privateers are tied with Evansville and Bradley headed into the final round on Tuesday and are just five shots behind fifth-place Texas A&M-Commerce. The final round gets underway tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. with live results available on
Golfstat.com.
DAY ONE RESULTS
T6 New Orleans, U. of 308, 289 | 597
T13
Maximilian Wojciechowski (4) 71, 73 | 144
T15
Thomas Artigas (3) 78, 67 | 145
T47
Henry Augenstein (2) 80, 74 | 154
T56
Gabriel Gallego (5) 82, 75 | 157
64
Grayson Gilbert (1) 79, 82 | 161
T65
Mason Roberts (I) 84, 79 | 163
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"We got off to another slow start in round one. We have to learn how to start tournaments with the same sense of urgency that we finish them. Max was the only player in the lineup today that showed some fight until the end of the first round. Making five birdies in a row is really special. Although we still finished the first round in 11th-place it really gave us the momentum we needed to climb the leaderboard in round two."
(On Artigas)
"Tomy put up the low round of the tournament – and his career – with a really solid 67 this afternoon. He has shown glimpses that that type of performance was in him all semester and I'm so proud that he finally put it all together."
(On tomorrow)
"Obviously we dug ourselves another deep hole this week with a poor performance in round one. We have to go out tomorrow and take advantage of opportunities early in the round to keep moving up the leaderboard."
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