Wake Forest University
NCAA Regional
Brennan and Owens Lead Deacs on Day One of NCAA Regional
5/15/2023 10:35:00 PM | Men's Golf
Junior Michael Brennan and freshman Boyd Owens carded under-par rounds as the Deacs sit 10 strokes off the cutline with 36 holes still to play.
NORMAN, Okla. -- With 36 holes remaining, the Wake Forest men's golf team was led by junior Michael Brennan and freshman Boyd Owens in the opening round of the NCAA Regionals in Norman, Okla.
As a team, the Demon Deacons are in 11th and go into the second round 10 strokes back of the cutline. The last advancing spot is held by Colorado at 5-under-par.
Owens got his round off to a fast start with a birdie on the opening hole. He Quickly got that to 2-under-par with a birdie on the par-5 13th. Owens hit the turn at 1-under par before finding birdies on both of the par-5 holes. The Baton Rouge, La. native finished second in the field in par-5 scoring at 3-under-par Monday.
He ended at 1-under-par for the round and is tied for 15th on the individual leaderboard along with Brennan.
Brennan recovered nicely after two early bogies. Over the final 13 holes, Brennan was bogey free and 3-under-par, finding three birdies in a 7-hole stretch from the Par-4 17th to the par-5 fifth.
For the second round of stroke play, the Demon Deacons will tee off Tuesday with Princeton (+5) and UNC-Wilmington (+8), with the first tee time set for 10:25 a.m. off No. 10.
From Coach Haas
"It was not our best day, but there is a lot of golf left. We'll make some adjustments and take them into round two tomorrow. Go Deacs!" - Head Coach Jerry Haas
Day One Scores:
Team
|
Rank |
Team |
Round One |
|
1 |
No. 5 Texas Tech |
278 (-10) |
|
2 |
No. 9 Oklahoma |
279 (-9) |
|
3 |
No. 17 Alabama |
281 (-7) |
|
4 |
No. 32 Duke |
283 (-5) |
|
5 |
Colorado |
284 (-4) |
|
6 |
No. 44 North Florida |
285 (-3) |
|
7 |
Kansas |
288 (E) |
|
8 |
No. 41 LSU |
292 (+4) |
|
T9. |
No. 20 Ole Miss |
293 (+5) |
|
T9. |
Princeton |
293 (+5) |
|
11 |
No. 29 Wake Forest |
294 (+6) |
|
12 |
UNCW |
296 (+8) |
|
13 |
Louisiana |
297 (+9) |
|
14 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
313 (+25) |
Wake Forest Team
|
Player |
Rank |
Round One |
|
T15 |
71 (-1) |
|
|
T15 |
71 (-1) |
|
|
T56 |
76 (+4) |
|
|
T56 |
76 (+4) |
|
|
T63 |
77 (+5) |
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