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Skeadas and Men’s Golf in First Place After Opening Round of Waterville Collegiate
10/15/2012 11:32:00 AM | Men's Golf
Round One Scores (PDF)
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Waterville, Ireland – The Davidson golf team got their fall break off to a strong start as John Skeadas III and the Wildcats sit in first place following round one of the Waterville Collegiate Classic hosted by Rutgers University.
The 36-hole event is being played on the Par 72 Waterville Golf Links layout.
Skeadas opened with a three-over 75 and will enter the final round one stroke ahead of his teammate Samuel Echikson, who is alone in second place.
Coming off a third-place finish at The Firestone Invitational, Davidson carded a 312 (+24) and is five strokes clear of second-place Richmond (317). The host Scarlet Knights are currently tied for third with Washington & Jefferson following a 334.
The Wildcats' Richard Fountain is tied for 10th just five off the pace, while Todd Eckstein shot 81 and Ralph Blasey recorded an 83.
Also competing for the Wildcats as individuals, are David Sargent (T-10th) and Alex Nianouris (T-16th), who carded rounds of 80 and 83, respectively.
The second and final round will begin tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.
About Waterville Golf Links
The earliest structured golf at the Waterville Golf Links dates back to 1889, when it became an addition to the Waterville Athletic Club. The course became a formalized part of life in the village by 1900, after the Athletic Club became one of the first clubs affiliated with the Golfing Union of Ireland. After lying inactive throughout the 1960s, Irish born American, John A. Mulcahy had a vision to build the most testing golf links in the world. In 1973, the newly constructed course and clubhouse reopened.
The new course layout creates a contrast to the more rugged and exposed original back nine, however, it still delivers the complexity and beauty of the links to the players. The testing of the course begins promptly with the first hole named “Last Easy”, and ends with the challenging and scenic “O'Grady's Beach”. Stretching over 7,300 yards, the course includes several tees on each hole to allow all standards of golfers to enjoy a game on the Links.
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