University of North Florida Athletics

Men's Golf Opens ASUN Championship Defense with Round One Lead

Batchelor, Knowles Share Medalist Top Spot

By: North Florida Athletics

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Men's Golf | 4/21/2019 7:32:00 PM

EVENT: ASUN Championship
DATE: Sunday, Apr. 21
LOCATION: Legends Course at Chateau Elan (Braselton, Ga.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,032 yards
UNF RESULT: 1st of 8 teams
TOP OSPREY: Philip Knowles & Jordan Batchelor (T1 | 70)

Round One Results
Live Scoring Link: Golfstat

LEADERBOARD: The No. 14 North Florida men's golf team had a strong performance in the opening round defense of the ASUN Championship, carding a 1-over 289 on Sunday at the Legends Course of Chateau Elan.

FIRST TEE
- Seniors Philip Knowles and Jordan Batchelor both finished in red numbers, firing rounds of 2-under 70 to share round one medalist honors
- Fellow senior Travis Trace opened with a 1-over 73 and ranks T6
- Freshman Cody Carroll shot a 76 in his ASUN Championship debut highlighted by a hole-in-one on the par 3, 124-yard Hole 7
- Senior Andrew Alligood rounded out the Osprey lineup with a 78 to rank T19 thru 18 holes of play
- North Florida's first round performance was the best in the field by eight shots

TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#14 North Florida (289), #21 Liberty (297), Kennesaw State (300), Jacksonville (304), FGCU (308), Lipscomb (310), North Alabama (317), Stetson (325)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Carroll carded the 6th ace of his lifetime, hitting his tee shot about 5 feet past the hole and then saw it spin back into the hole
- With his round of 70, Knowles collected his 21st round under par for the season, which raises his UNF program record
- Batchelor tallied his 10th round under par
- North Florida's lineup featured two of the just four players that finished under-par in the opening round
- Ospreys topped the field in both Par 3 (+1 | 3.05 avg) and Par 5 (-2, 4.90 avg) scoring in round one
- UNF paced the field with 60 pars led by Trace's tournament topping 15
- Batchelor collected 5 of North Florida's 11 birdies on the day | His total shared the round one lead
- Jacksonville's Thomas Thurloway was tied with UNF's duo of Knowles and Batchelor atop the individual standings

UNF RESULTS

1	North Florida	289	---	---	289 (+1)
T1	Jordan Batchelor	70	--	--	70 (-2)
T1	Philip Knowles	70	--	--	70 (-2)
T6	Travis Trace	73	--	--	73 (+1)
T11	Cody Carroll	76	--	--	76 (+4)
T19	Andrew Alligood	78	--	--	78 (+6)

COACH SCOTT SCHROEDER:
"It was a solid round by the team today. We made a few mistakes down the stretch, but still left ourselves in a nice spot going into round two."

UP NEXT
North Florida continues play in the ASUN Championship with Monday's second round starting at 12:00 p.m. alongside Liberty and Kennesaw State.

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Alligood: RH; 5' 6"; Senior; Sport Management

Jordan Batchelor: RH; 5' 8"; Redshirt Senior; MBA

Philip Knowles: RH; 5' 8"; Senior; Business Management

Travis Trace: RH; 6' 2"; Senior; Sport Management

Cody Carroll: RH; 6' 2"; Freshman; Business Management

Players Mentioned

Andrew Alligood
: 5' 6"; Senior; Sport Management
: RH

Jordan Batchelor
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Senior; MBA
: RH

Philip Knowles
: 5' 8"; Senior; Business Management
: RH

Travis Trace
: 6' 2"; Senior; Sport Management
: RH

Cody Carroll
: 6' 2"; Freshman; Business Management
: RH