DAY ONE RESULTS
NEW ORLEANS – Kyle Bennett continued his success at Jackson Country Club finishing tied for sixth place overall after the first 36 holes of The Grover Page Classic on Monday.
Following rounds of 72 and 68 on Monday, the sophomore is now averaging 70.6 with 23 birdies and an eagle through five career rounds at Jackson Country Club in Jackson, Tenn. In his collegiate debut last season, Bennett shot a career best 213 and tied for ninth-place at 2021 Grover Page Classic.
At 4-under-par Bennett currently sits four strokes behind tournament leader Jackson Skeen of Tennessee Tech headed into the final round tomorrow. The sophomore sank birdie putts on six of his final 13 holes to make a push up the leaderboard. In his 18 attempts at holes 1-9 the Zachary native finished par or better 15 times with seven birdies on Monday.
Three freshmen made their debuts for the Privateers, including
Pepe De La Concepcion Quilez who finished his day at even par – tied for 27
th.
Gabriel Gallego, playing as an independent, shot a 149 and finished tied for 54
th. The Brazilian made the Privateers sole eagle on hole five during the first round. Rounding out the freshman scores was Broussard native
Canon Clark who finished tied for 87
th after carding a 159.
Upperclassmen
Thomas Artigas, who shot a 148, and
Grayson Gilbert, who shot a 150, finished just outside the top-50 for UNO tying for 51
st and 57
th respectively. Artigas made nine birdies on the day.
New Orleans sits in ninth place after shooting 582 overall after rounds of 293 and 289. The Privateers made 32 total birdies to go with Gallego's eagle.
Action resumes tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. with live results available
here.
DAY ONE RESULTS
9 New Orleans, U. of 293, 289 | 582
T6
Kyle Bennett (5) 72, 68 | 140
T27
Pepe De La Concepcion Quilez (2) 72, 72 | 144
T51
Thomas Artigas (4) 75, 73 | 148
T54
Gabriel Gallego (I) 74, 75 | 149
T57
Grayson Gilbert (3) 74, 76 | 150
T87
Canon Clark (1) 78, 80 | 159
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"Obviously I'm pleased with the way Kyle was about to grind out a score this afternoon. He continues to get better and better and I'm excited about what he gives the team. It was good to get the three freshman in the llineup and get them some experience today as well."
"Overall I'm just disappointed with the way we finished holes today. From tee to green we hit it well enough to be in contention, but we didn't convert on the greens at close to an acceptable level. We have to clean that up and have a sense of urgency tomorrow to try and climb up the leaderboard."
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