MOORESVILLE, N.C. --- Tusculum College junior
Chase Carroll birdied three of his last four holes
to post a one-under par 71 and is tied for fourth place after the
opening round of the 2008 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, held
this week at The Point Lake and Golf Club.
Carroll (Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS) is two shots out of the
lead, while senior teammate Chris Wynne (Johnson
City, Tenn./Science Hill HS) shot 77 and is tied for 31st.
Carroll, who is making his second NCAA postseason appearance,
posted a steady opening nine with a pair of birdies and seven pars
for his outward 34. The two-time All-South Atlantic Conference
honoree birdied the two par fives on his front nine to pull himself
within a stroke of the lead. Carroll bogeyed the first two holes on
his inward nine, including a three-putt on hole No. 1 and a bogey
six on No. 2. After pars on the next two holes, he carded another
bogey to move out of red figures. But Carroll rebounded with
birdies on No. 6, 8 and 9, including a pair of 10-footers on the
later two holes to shoot 71. Carroll was one of seven players in
the field to shoot under par on the 7,037-yard, par 72 layout.
Wynne's round started off sluggish as he bogeyed the opening hole
and carded a double-bogey six on his next hole to be three over
after two. After a bogey at No. 14, Wynne answered on the next hole
as he chipped in from a green-side bunker for a birdie two to move
back to three-over for his round. He cut closer to level par with a
birdie on the 17th hole, but posted a bogey on No. 18 to shoot 39
on his outward nine.
Following a bogey on No. 1, Wynne hit his approach shot on the
200-yard par three No. 3 within four-feet of the hole to post his
third birdie of the day. His steady round took a turn on No. 5 as
he scored a triple-bogey to move to six over. The 2008 SAC Player
of the Year rebounded shooting one-under par for his last four
holes, including a birdie on the par five eighth. The three-time
NCAA Tournament participant had a four-footer for eagle on No. 8
that just missed as he finished with a 38 on his last nine.
Juan Bialet, of Georgia College & State
University, shares the first round lead at three-under par with
Newberry's Daniel Stanley. GC&SU holds the
team lead by eight shots after the first round. The Bobcats had a
three-under-par team total with Newberry in second with a 293.
Lander is in third with 294.
The NCAA Southeast Regional continues on Tuesday with the second
round. The regional will conclude on Wednesday with the final 18
holes.
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