Males’s Golf Closes Day One among Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

Loxley, Ala. — The No. 51 Rice Men’s Golf Team is in eighth-place after two rounds of the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational.

With anticipated rain on Sunday, the groups started the ultimate spherical, getting by 4 holes earlier than being referred to as for darkness.

The Owls started the day firing a 282 earlier than closing with a 296 to sit down at +2, one stroke behind Purdue and Wake Forest.

Senior Lukas Boandl opened the event with a 71 and adopted with a 72 to sit down -1 in a tie for 13^th-place. He now has a team-high 13 rounds of par or higher and 51 in his profession, tying Michael Whitehead for essentially the most in class historical past.

Freshman Raines Watson is tied for 23^rd-place at even par. He started the day with a 70, however closed with a 74. He now has six rounds of par or higher this 12 months.

Sophomore Daniel Zou started the day with a 71 earlier than closing with a 75 to sit down in a tie for 33^rd-place at +2, giving him eight rounds of par or higher this 12 months, and 29 in his profession.

Redshirt junior Henry Daly is tied for 50^th-place at +5. He carded a 70 to open the event, however closed with a 79. He has 11 rounds of par or higher this 12 months and 18 in his profession.

Junior Reggie Zhu posted back-to-back 75’s to sit down +6 in a tie for 54^th-place.


No. 38 Texas A&M leads the event at -10, two strokes in entrance of Rutgers. Memphis’s Yixiang Wang leads the person event at -7, one stroke in entrance of Rutgers’ Luke Koenig and Iowa State’s Zachary May.

JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE

“We are in a good place going into Round Two. The greens are quick and you can find yourself in some difficult situations. We experienced a little trouble on the front nine, but rallied well on the back.”

NEXT UP

The ultimate spherical continues tomorrow at 8 a.m. Rice will start the day from holes 11-13 with student-athletes from Iowa State and Nebraska.

8       Rice                                         282-296/578      +2
t13   Lukas Boandl                           71-72/143          -1
t23   Raines Watson                        70-74/144          E
t33   Daniel Zou                               71-75/146          +2
t50   Henry Daly                               70-79/149          +5
t54 Reggie Zhu                              75-75/150          +6