Chuckey, Tenn. – The King University Men's Golf team competed at the Bob Dibble Memorial Invitational hosted by Tusculum University. The team played two rounds of 18 holes, finishing with two athletes eclipsing the top ten overall.
Grady Kent and
Nathan Hopley both finished five under par, tying for sixth place.
Kent started the morning with his first round with no bogeys and two birdies to start him two under par. In his second round, he started again with no bogeys, going 22 holes in a row without a bogey. He shot three under par and six birdies on the second round, moving him up seven spots and into sixth place.
Hopley, playing on King's "B" team, woke up with something to prove. He shot five under through the first 18 with five birdies and an eagle on a par four. He went into the second round and continued to prove it by shooting one under through the 12 holes, but shot back-to-back birdies and ended the round even.
The morning round saw the "A" team see four of its players shoot under par. In the second round,
Tibo Van De Neste finished five under par, passing 45 golfers and finishing the day tied for 25
th place.
Lloyd Hughes finished the first round three under par and the day one under par to keep him tied for 25
th place.
The King "A" team finished the day 12 under par, tied for 5
th place, and King "B" finished two over par and in 10
th place.
T6 |
Nathan Hopley- 67, 72 | (-5)
T6 |
Grady Kent- 70, 69 | (-5)
T25 |
Lloyd Hughes- 69, 74 | (-1)
T25 |
Tibo Van De Neste- 76, 67 | (-1)
T31 |
Carter Myers- 69, 75 | (E)
T31 |
Vetle Saether- 71, 73 | (E)
T31 |
Rudy Bland- 74, 70 | (E)
T37 |
Deagan Erfmann- 71, 74 | (+1)
T75 | Maxim Sertijn- 73, 79 | (+8)
Up Next: King will continue at the Bob Dibble Memorial Invitational tomorrow for the final round of 18 for the three rounds.