DAY ONE RESULTS
NEW ORLEANS – For the third time in three tournaments a University of New Orleans golfer sits in first place after the opening 36 holes of a tournament. Junior
Ryan Fulton shot a 139 and ended his Monday tied with Ken-Marten Soo of UIW, and Gustav Anderson of Texas Tech for the lead at the Big Texan.
Fulton's opening round score of 66 tied several former Privateers for the fifth best round in school history. The Crowley native made six birdies in seven holes, including five in a row between holes 17 and three. Ryan sank seven of his nine birdies in round one with just one bogey to blemish his opening round scorecard.
After shooting a 73 in the second round, it is the second time in three weeks that the junior as taken a share of the lead into the final day following his efforts at the Gulf Coast Collegiate back in February.
Henry Augenstein was steady for the Privateers as well finishing in the top-25 after two rounds of 73. Like Fulton, Augenstein finished with nine birdies on Monday and made the second eagle of his UNO career during the second round on hole three.
Rounding out the scores for UNO were
Mason Roberts with a 151 (tied for 53
rd),
Kyle Bennett – who had a four stroke improvement between rounds one and two – with a 152 (59
th place), and
Maximilian Wojciechowski who finished tied for 70
th after shooting a 156.
As a team the Privateers sit tied for eighth place (with UIW) with a tally of 588 following rounds of 292 and 296. The Privateers made 36 birdies and an eagle but made just 99 pars.
The third round resumes tomorrow for the Privateers at 8:30 a.m. with live results on Golfstat.com, and updates throughout the day available @PrivateersGolf on Twitter.
DAY ONE RESULTS
T8 New Orleans, U. of 292, 296 | 588
T1
Ryan Fulton (2) 66, 73 | 139
T25
Henry Augenstein (3) 73, 73 | 146
T53
Mason Roberts (5) 75, 76 | 151
59
Kyle Bennett (1) 78, 74 | 152
T70
Maximilian Wojciechowski (4) 78, 78 | 156
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
(on Ryan Fulton)
"Ryan played a super round this morning. At one stretch he made six birdies in seven holes and five in a row! That's a type a performance we expect from him and hopefully he has another good one in him tomorrow!"
(on the team)
"For most of the day we just played too aggressively and didn't value strokes. We made a lot of birdies but just way too many bogeys and doubles. With as many mistakes we made today, it's almost impossible to overcome those with birdies. It's not possibly o make enough birdies to cover up those bad holes. We need to come out tomorrow with a better mindset and have four guys put together a great round."
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