MACON, Ga. --- Chris Robb shot two-under par 70 as the Chattanooga Mocs sit tied for sixth after 18 holes at the Brickyard Collegiate. Chattanooga navigated the opening round on the Brickyard at Riverside at three-over par 291 tying Virginia Tech.
Robb is tied for ninth two shots behind the leader, Nicholas Reach of Georgia who shot a 68 (-4). There are six golfers tied for second at 69.
The junior from Aberdeenshire, Scotland birdied two and seven to get to two-under par before a bogey on eight had him at one under at the turn. He maintained that same schedule on the back with birdies on 11 and 15 and a bogey on 16 for his two-under 70.
Fellow junior Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) is tied for 24th with a one-over par 73. He took a ride on the course rollercoaster today with five birdies, eight pars, four bogeys and a double bogey. Bunn started out bogey-bogey but birdied three, four, seven and nine to shoot minus two on his front nine.
It was a struggle on the back with bogeys on 11 and 13. He followed double on 17 but a strong birdie on the par five finishing hole ended his round at 73. He is a stroke ahead of teammates Liam Johnston (Dumfries, Scotland) and Michael Monroe (Franklin, Tenn.) who shot 74s.
Johnston's round was a great turnaround. He was plus five through 11 holes before closing with three birdies to get back to 74 (+2). Monroe, a freshman playing in his first collegiate event, had a solid round. Benni Weilguni (Langenlois, Austria) posted the drop score with a 77.
Georgia is the team leader after an eight-under par 280. It leads North Florida (283) by three and Princeton (286) by six.
Saturday's moving day 18 starts at 9:20 a.m., for the Mocs off No. 1 again. Tomorrow's pairing includes Georgia Tech (289) and Kansas (288) with Weilgiuni starting off. Monroe (9:30), Johnston (9:40), Bunn (9:50) and Robb (10:00) follow with live scoring is available via the men's golf schedule page on GoMocs.com. You can follow @GoMocsMGLF on twitter for updates.
Brickyard
Collegiate Championship
Oct. 5-7 - Brickyard
at Riverside - Macon, Ga.
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1) Georgia |
280 |
280 (-8) |
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2) North Florida |
283 |
283 (-5) |
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3) Princeton |
286 |
286 (-2) |
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4) Kansas |
288 |
288 (E) |
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5) Georgia Tech |
289 |
289 (+1) |
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6) Chattanooga |
291 |
291 (+3) |
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tie) Virginia Tech |
291 |
291 (+3) |
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8) Colorado State |
293 |
293 (+5) |
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9) Augusta State |
295 |
295 (+7) |
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10) Mercer |
296 |
296 (+8) |
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11) Oklahoma |
299 |
299 (+11) |
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12) USF |
300 |
300 (+12) |
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13) Georgia State |
301 |
301 (+13) |
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tie) College of Charleston |
301 |
301 (+13) |
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15) Air Force |
312 |
312 (+24) |
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Mocs: |
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T9) Chris Robb |
70 |
70 (-2) |
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T24) Davis Bunn |
73 |
73 (+1) |
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T34) Michael Monroe |
74 |
74 (+2) |
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T34) Liam Johnston |
74 |
74 (+2) |
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T58) Benni Weilguni |
77 |
77 (+5) |
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