Up and down day leads to tie for 10th

Monday, October 6

South Bend, Ind.

All Day

University of North Florida

at Gridiron Classic

Joe Byun shot matching rounds of 73 Monday.

10/6/2008 8:26:29 PM | Men's Golf

Joe Byun leads UNF at Gridiron Classic

By: Shawn LaFata

Results

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of North Florida golf team is tied for 10^th after two rounds of play at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic shooting rounds of 299 and 304 for a total of 603.

UNF went through an up and down day on the par 70 layout of Warren Golf Course, where the Ospreys fell as low as 16^th in the team standings before fighting back to fifth place and finally settling into a tie for 10^th with Iowa and San Francisco University.

Freshman Joe Byun was the most consistent part of UNF's day, shooting matching rounds of 73 to poise himself for a top-10 finish on Tuesday. Byun is tied for 11^th with six others and five shots behind the pace set by a trio of leaders.

Jeff Dennis and Chris Kennedy were UNF's next highest finishers, each tying for 38^th with two round totals of 151 (+11).

Making his first start of the year, Major Forbess opened play with an 80 for the Ospreys before shooting 75 in the afternoon. J.C. Horne rounded out the scoring for UNF with rounds of 81 and 80.

Minnesota leads the team competition with a two-round score of 579, one stroke better than Arkansas. Final round play at the Gridiron Classic gets underway Tuesday morning.