Saturday, March 23
Chapel Hill, N.C.
8:30 a.m.
University of North Florida
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Tar Heel Intercollegiate
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Men's Golf Chasing Tournament Title after Opening Day at Tar Heel Intercollegiate
3/23/2019 8:29:00 PM | Men's Golf
EVENT: Tar Heel Intercollegiate
DATE: Saturday, Mar. 23
LOCATION: UNC Finley Golf Course (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,242 yards
UNF RESULT: 3rd of 14 teams
TOP OSPREY: Philip Knowles (2nd | 68-72=140)
Day One Results
Live Scoring Link:Â Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Seniors Philip Knowles and Travis Trace each carded rounds in the 60s to finish opening day play at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate among the Top 10 while guiding the No. 13-ranked Ospreys to a third-place standing heading into Sunday's final round.Â
FIRST TEE
- Philip Knowles opened the day with a 4-under 68 before tallying a second round even-par 70 to rank second in medalist standings at 140
- Travis Trace ranks T10 (143) following rounds of 74 and 3-under 69
- Senior Jordan Batchelor also found his name among the Top 25 individuals after carding rounds of 75-72 for a 147 (T23)
- Junior Michael Mattiace shot rounds of 79-73 (152) and senior Andrew Alligood posted 79-76 (155) to round out the Osprey lineup in ties for 47th and 68th, respectively
- Freshman Cody Carroll is currently tied for 15th at 145 (75-70) playing in the event as an individual
- As a team, North Florida fired a first round 296 before rallying with a 2-under 286 in the afternoon for a 36-hole tally of 582Â
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#24 Illinois (574), #30 North Caroina (575), #13 North Florida (582), Michigan State (583), Kansas State (586), Notre Dame (586), Georgia Southern (596), Mississippi State (596), UNCG (597), UNCW (598), James Madison (599), Elon (599), Gardner-Webb (611), Michigan (613)Â
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Knowles' opening round marked his 18th round of the season under-par, one shy of his school record total set last season | He also looks to extend his current streak of Top 15 finishes to 10 including every event this season
- Trace tallied his 9th under-par round of the year in the afternoon session
- Batchelor started his day with an eagle 2 on the Par 4 Hole 2
- Carroll had his fourth career round under-par and second straight tournament with an under-par round
- Ospreys ranked second in the field for Par 3 scoring, playing them in +6 (3.15 avg) | Knowles topped the field on the Par 3s playing them in 2-under (2.75 avg)Â
- North Florida ended the opening day with 108 pars led by 27 from Carroll
- Knowles netted a team-best 9 birdies with UNF carding 28 thru 36 holes
- Illinois' Adrien Dumont de Chassart heads the medalist standings at 7-under 137
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QUOTABLE:
"Today needs to be a learning lesson for us. We had too many undisciplined shots played and a bunch of average golf which led to our results today. It will be fun to see how we respond tomorrow." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida concludes tournament action in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate with Sunday's final round. Ospreys will play alongside Illinois and North Carolina starting at 9:30 a.m. on Hole 1.
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DATE: Saturday, Mar. 23
LOCATION: UNC Finley Golf Course (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,242 yards
UNF RESULT: 3rd of 14 teams
TOP OSPREY: Philip Knowles (2nd | 68-72=140)
Day One Results
Live Scoring Link:Â Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Seniors Philip Knowles and Travis Trace each carded rounds in the 60s to finish opening day play at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate among the Top 10 while guiding the No. 13-ranked Ospreys to a third-place standing heading into Sunday's final round.Â
FIRST TEE
- Philip Knowles opened the day with a 4-under 68 before tallying a second round even-par 70 to rank second in medalist standings at 140
- Travis Trace ranks T10 (143) following rounds of 74 and 3-under 69
- Senior Jordan Batchelor also found his name among the Top 25 individuals after carding rounds of 75-72 for a 147 (T23)
- Junior Michael Mattiace shot rounds of 79-73 (152) and senior Andrew Alligood posted 79-76 (155) to round out the Osprey lineup in ties for 47th and 68th, respectively
- Freshman Cody Carroll is currently tied for 15th at 145 (75-70) playing in the event as an individual
- As a team, North Florida fired a first round 296 before rallying with a 2-under 286 in the afternoon for a 36-hole tally of 582Â
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#24 Illinois (574), #30 North Caroina (575), #13 North Florida (582), Michigan State (583), Kansas State (586), Notre Dame (586), Georgia Southern (596), Mississippi State (596), UNCG (597), UNCW (598), James Madison (599), Elon (599), Gardner-Webb (611), Michigan (613)Â
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Knowles' opening round marked his 18th round of the season under-par, one shy of his school record total set last season | He also looks to extend his current streak of Top 15 finishes to 10 including every event this season
- Trace tallied his 9th under-par round of the year in the afternoon session
- Batchelor started his day with an eagle 2 on the Par 4 Hole 2
- Carroll had his fourth career round under-par and second straight tournament with an under-par round
- Ospreys ranked second in the field for Par 3 scoring, playing them in +6 (3.15 avg) | Knowles topped the field on the Par 3s playing them in 2-under (2.75 avg)Â
- North Florida ended the opening day with 108 pars led by 27 from Carroll
- Knowles netted a team-best 9 birdies with UNF carding 28 thru 36 holes
- Illinois' Adrien Dumont de Chassart heads the medalist standings at 7-under 137
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UNF RESULTS
| Â 3 | Â North Florida | Â 296 | Â 286 | Â --- | Â 582 (+6) |
| Â 2 | Â Philip Knowles | Â 68 | Â 72 | Â -- | Â 140 (-4) |
| Â T10 | Â Travis Trace | Â 74 | Â 69 | Â -- | Â 143 (-1) |
| Â T15 | Â Cody Carroll (IND) | Â 75 | Â 70 | Â -- | Â 145 (+1) |
| Â T23 | Â Jordan Batchelor | Â 75 | Â 72 | Â -- | Â 147 (+3) |
| Â T47 | Â Michael Mattiace | Â 79 | Â 73 | Â -- | Â 152 (+8) |
| Â T68 | Â Andrew Alligood | Â 79 | Â 76 | Â -- | Â 155 (+11) |
QUOTABLE:
"Today needs to be a learning lesson for us. We had too many undisciplined shots played and a bunch of average golf which led to our results today. It will be fun to see how we respond tomorrow." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida concludes tournament action in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate with Sunday's final round. Ospreys will play alongside Illinois and North Carolina starting at 9:30 a.m. on Hole 1.
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