ATLANTA, Georgia –
The Tennessee State men’s golf team are in striking distance of its third title
in four years at the National Black College Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc.,
tournament. The Tigers shot a 4-over, 292 as a team at the Par-72, 6,539 yard
Browns Mill Golf Course on Saturday morning.
TSU is
one-stroke behind co-leaders, Alabama State and Florida A&M, who turned in a
3-over, 291.
“We just need
to stay focused on playing the course,” head coach Parrish McGrath said. “We
cannot get caught up watching our playing partners. We have a couple of holes,
that as a team, we could have played better.”
James
Stepp and Andrew
Warner paced the Tigers with a pair of Even-par, 72’s. Blake Burgett and Codie
Welborn each carded a 2-over, 74. Shane
Sampair finished day one with a non-scoring 82.
Warner drove
nine fairways and was just about perfect hitting 17 greens. On the par-3, 2nd,
Warner hit his tee-shot to two-feet of the pin to set up one of two birdies on
the day.
Welborn picked
up birdies on 10 and 11 to score a team-best 1-under, 35 on the back-nine. The
senior reached the green in two on the par-5, 10th, and had a 10-foot putt for
eagle. The putt just lipped out leaving a tap in for birdie. On 11, Welborn
would stick his second shot two inches from the cup for another easy tap-in
putt.
Stepp led the
Tigers with four birdies and finished with seven fairways and eight greens in
regulation, while Burgett sank three birdies and hit five fairways and 10
greens.
The final
round will begin at 8:00am on Sunday.
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