April 2, 2010
TEMPE, Ariz. - Complete Results
The No. 7 UNLV men's golf team is in 11th place with a two-round total of 7-over 575 after the first day of the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, which is being played at Karsten Golf Club (par 71, 7,057 yards). The 16-team field played 36 holes Friday and will conclude the tournament tomorrow with 18 holes.
The Rebels posted rounds of 5-over 289 and 2-over 286 on the tournament's first day, and are being paced by Eddie Olson, who is tied for 27th with a score of even-par 142. Olson opened with a 1-under 70 and followed that in the afternoon with a 1-over 72, and he had one of two Rebel rounds that were below par on the day. Jeremiah Wooding fired the lowest round of the day for UNLV, a 2-under 69 during Friday's second round.
Arizona has the team lead with a 14-under 554 after carding rounds of 6-under 278 and 8-under 276, which is two strokes better than USC and four ahead of UCLA. Steve Lim of USC has the individual lead with a 9-under 133 following rounds of 3-under 68 and 6-under 65 on Friday.
Other Rebel players: Brett Kanda (71-73=144, +2, T34th), Derek Ernst (73-73=146, +4, T51st), Colby Smith (75-72=147, +5, T56th) and Wooding (78-69=147, +5, T56th).
Saturday's final round will get underway at 7:00 a.m. (PT) and the Rebels will be among the first groups on the course, as they will tee off on hole No. 10.
Live scoring of the tournament is available on the internet courtesy of Golfstat through a link at UNLVRebels.com.
