Sunday, March 11, 2012

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (Mar. 11, 2012) – The ETSU men’s golf team opened play at the General Hackler Championship in 12^th place after two rounds in the event’s opening day on Sunday.

ETSU posted rounds of 309 and 305 on the opening day at the par-71, 7,189-yard DeBordieu Club.

No. 14 North Florida sits atop the leaderboard at 14-over (300-282—582) as the Ospreys have a two-shot lead over No. 9 Arkansas. No. 19 New Mexico and No. 49 Augusta State are just five shots off the lead at +19.

Sean Dale of North Florida, the No. 46-ranked individual in the country, leads the field at 3-under (69-70—139) overall and is just one of two players in the field that is under-par after two rounds. Peter Valasek of host Coastal Carolina is the other player in the field below-par as he sits two back of the lead at 1-under (70-71—141). Derek Chang of Augusta State and Victor Perez of New Mexico are just three back of the lead at even-par.

Rhys Enoch (Cornwall, England) was the top Buccaneer after two rounds as he is tied for 23^rd at +5 (76-73—149). Freshman Rhys Pugh (Pontypridd, Wales) is just two shots behind Enoch at +7 (77-74—151).

Meanwhile, freshman Tom Heggarty (Cheshire, England) is tied for 47^th (77-78—155) and freshman Sam Edwards (Bigbury, England) is tied for 68^th (79-80—159).

ETSU will be paired with Tennessee, Lamar and Coastal Carolina for the third and final round tomorrow beginning at 8:20 a.m. Live results will be available at golfstat.com.

For more information on ETSU men’s golf, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men’s golf link.