DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Longwood men's golf got off to a great start at the Daytona Beach Spring Invitational. All five golfers finished in the top third of the field as the Lancers sit in sole possession of fourth out of 18 teams.
SCORES:
LPGA International-Hills Course
Par 72, 6,984 Yards
Daytona Beach, Fla.
4. Longwood: 296-292—588 (+12)
T14.
Brendan Dunphy: 72-73—145 (+1)
T17.
Nick Rakes: 74-72—146 (+2)
T26.
Scott Jordan: 76-72—148 (+4)
T33. Justin Larue: 75-75—150 (+6)
T33.
Zane Moore: 75-75—150 (+6)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Nick Rakes and
Brendan Dunphy led the way at the top of the Lancer leaderboard among the 116 player field.
Dunphy carded an even-par round to start the tournament, and he followed it up with a one-over 73 in round two. On the day, he posted 28 pars in his 36 holes, and he is tied for 14
th.
Meanwhile, Rakes opened with a 74 before a solid start to his second round. He had a trio of birdies in his first 18 holes, and he followed it up with five birdies over his next 18 holes. He finished with an even-par 72 to tie for 17
th.
Scott Jordan sank four birdies in his second round to post an even-par 72. He moved up 25 spots into a tie for 26
th.
Justin Larue is tied for 33
rd with a second-round 75 after a 75 in the opening round. Both times, he closed strong. In the first round, he had three birdies in his final eight holes, and in round two he closed with eight straight pars.
Zane Moore shot back-to-back 75s to finish tied for 33
rd. He bounced back from a tough stretch in the middle of his second round with a strong finish. Moore carded seven pars and a birdie in his final eight holes to wrap up his day.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
"While our position on the scoreboard doesn't look to bad, I think we're all pretty disappointed in how we got there," said Head Coach
Kevin Fillman. "We started out pretty well this morning. Unfortunately, we really let the first round go at the end. We then kind of did the same thing in the afternoon round."
"Overall, we just left a lot of shots out there today, and every one of us knows and believes we should be out front right now," Fillman added. "The good thing for us is we have another round to play tomorrow. We'll regroup a bit tonight and plan to come out here and play a great final round."
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
All five golfers for Longwood are in the top third of the 116 player field.
Longwood sits just four strokes back of the top three and seven strokes back of first place.
Longwood averaged the best team score on Par 4s, shooting an average score of 4.11.
The Lancers were second among the 18 teams with 28 birdies.
Rakes led the way on the Par 4 scoring for the Lancers, tying for fourth in the field in average score (3.90). He was one of six golfers to average a score below par on Par 4s.
Dunphy's 28 pars are tied for the second most in the field.
Rakes has eight birdies, which is tied for the sixth most in the field.
Jordan is tied for 12
th with seven birdies.
UP NEXT:
The final round is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
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