Dennis fires two rounds in 60s

Monday, October 13

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

All Day

University of North Florida

at Jerry Pate Invitational

Jeff Dennis watches flight of his golf ball

Jeff Dennis is 3-under-par after two rounds of play.

10/13/2008 9:37:57 PM | Men's Golf

Senior is tied for ninth at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate

By: Shawn LaFata

Results

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Jeff Dennis and J.C. Horne combined for three rounds in the 60s and the University of North Florida golf team put together rounds of 285 and 282 to claim an eighth place spot after the opening day of play at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate.

Dennis began the day with a 1-under-par 69 in his morning round before bettering that mark by a stroke in the afternoon to finish the day tied for ninth. Dennis' 137 has him four strokes behind Auburn's Glenn Northcutt in the hunt for the individual title.

Horne is 11 spots behind Dennis after shooting 72 in the morning and following that up with a 68.

Chris Kennedy fired rounds of 70 and 74 and is tied for 31^st, 10 spots ahead of Kevin Aylwin who shot a 74 in the morning round and followed that with a 72. Joe Byun's rounds of 78 and 74 have him tied for 54^th. The freshman will have to turn it on during Tuesday's final round if he wants to record his third top-20 finish in four starts this season.

The Ospreys – who close out the fall season at the Jerry Pate – are 20 strokes behind frontrunner SMU but are only five strokes behind sixth place Baylor and eight behind fifth place North Carolina.