Saari Four Strokes Back, Golf Sits Ninth After Day One of SoCon Championship
4/20/2008 4:48:09 PM | Men's Golf
Joey Beeler - Assistant SID
FLORENCE, S.C. -- Michael Saari sits just four strokes off the pace with a one-over 73 and the Davidson Wildcats are in ninth following a 309 in the opening round of the 2008 Southern Conference Men's Golf Championship at the Country Club of South Carolina.
A junior from Lilburn, Ga., Saari is in a tie for eighth place with seven other golfers. Despite a double bogey on the par-4 eighth hole, the Wildcat co-captain finished with 16 pars and a birdie.
As a club, Davidson sits at 21-over par, four shots clear of Appalachian State and just 13 swings outside the top five.
Other Wildcat competitors include Adam Lewicki (T-34th / 77), David Fowler (T-41st / 79), Christopher Rollins (45th / 80) and Ryan Crum (47th / 84).
Chattanooga, the defending tournament champions and 12th-ranked team in the country according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Rating Index, fired a two-over par 290 and holds a one-stroke advantage over College of
Charleston and Furman, which both recorded three-over par 291 totals.
UNC Greensboro's Nathan Stamey finished the day alone atop the individual leaderboard after carding a 69. The senior bogeyed the first hole but remained error free the rest of the round, adding four birdies to finish at three-under par.
A trio of golfers sits one stroke back of Stamey at two-under par, including Fredrik Qvicker, Furman's Ben Goforth and Western Carolina's Ricky Stout. Soonam Kim of College of Charleston also finished under par after carding an opening-round 71.
Second round play begins at 8:00 a.m. Monday morning with teams teeing off the first and 10th hole.
A junior from Lilburn, Ga., Saari is in a tie for eighth place with seven other golfers. Despite a double bogey on the par-4 eighth hole, the Wildcat co-captain finished with 16 pars and a birdie.
As a club, Davidson sits at 21-over par, four shots clear of Appalachian State and just 13 swings outside the top five.
Other Wildcat competitors include Adam Lewicki (T-34th / 77), David Fowler (T-41st / 79), Christopher Rollins (45th / 80) and Ryan Crum (47th / 84).
Chattanooga, the defending tournament champions and 12th-ranked team in the country according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Rating Index, fired a two-over par 290 and holds a one-stroke advantage over College of
Charleston and Furman, which both recorded three-over par 291 totals.
UNC Greensboro's Nathan Stamey finished the day alone atop the individual leaderboard after carding a 69. The senior bogeyed the first hole but remained error free the rest of the round, adding four birdies to finish at three-under par.
A trio of golfers sits one stroke back of Stamey at two-under par, including Fredrik Qvicker, Furman's Ben Goforth and Western Carolina's Ricky Stout. Soonam Kim of College of Charleston also finished under par after carding an opening-round 71.
Second round play begins at 8:00 a.m. Monday morning with teams teeing off the first and 10th hole.
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