Men's Golf Finish 6th at Weather-Shortened Tar Heel Intercollegiate

Friday, October 7

Chapel Hill, N.C. (UNC Finley GC)

All Day

University of North Florida

Tar Heel Intercollegiate

Men's Golf Finish 6th at Weather-Shortened Tar Heel Intercollegiate

10/8/2016 9:57:00 AM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

Day 1 Results (pdf)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The North Florida men's golf team finished opening day play at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate in sixth place following Friday rounds of 293-282 on the par 72, 7,242-yard layout of the UNC Finley Golf Course. The final round of the event slated for Sunday was cancelled due to wet conditions.

The Ospreys concluded their 36-hole day with a tournament total of 1-under 575, bolstered by an afternoon round of 6-under 282. Sophomores Andrew Alligood and Philip Knowles led the way for UNF by finishing the day tied for eighth in medalist play with matching scores of 142 (-2). Alligood posted the squad's low score in the first round at even-par 72, while Knowles fired the team's best round of the day with a 4-under 68 in the afternoon session.

Round 1
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Round 2
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Fellow sophomore Travis Trace heads into the final round tied for 26th at 145 (74-71) with junior Dillon Woods (73-73=146) and sophmore Jack Comstock (75-76=151) rounding out the Osprey lineup in 30th and 55th place, respectively.

Hurricane Matthew entered North Carolina on Saturday and orginally forced final round play at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate to be moved from Saturday to Sunday before tournament officials decided to cancel the final round due to heavy wet conditions at the course. The 36-hole results became the official final results.

The Ospreys will make a quick return to action as they will participate in the prestigious Tavistock Collegiate Invitational at Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Fla., on Oct. 16-18.

Tournament Notes
- UNF improved 11 strokes from the morning session to afternoon session on the opening day
- Second round score of 282 (-6) was the lowest round of the season for the Ospreys
- Andrew Alligood shares the tournament lead in Par 3 scoring averaging 2.75
- Philip Knowles carded a team best 8 birdies on Friday including 6 in his second round 68 (-4)
- Sophomore Jack Comstock made his first appearance in the UNF travel lineup
- Freshman Michael Mattiace made his collegiate debut playing as an individual... Tied for 46th (74-75=149)

Coach Schroeder says...
"Proud of the way the guys battled back to play a good round in the afternoon. They did a nice job of focusing on the job at hand and playing solid. It was an interesting day with campus being hit with Hurricane Matthew and five guys playing for us that our Jacksonville natives. I'm really happy with how they stay focused with the possible distractions. We will get Saturday off as storm gets closer to here and then be prepared for a strong finish Sunday."

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