PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (UNLVRebels.com) - The No. 24 UNLV men's golf team shot a first-round 9-over-par 289 and 20-over 300 during the second round on Monday at the Sea Best Invitational, which is being played at TPC Sawgrass (Dye's Valley Course - 6,858 yards, par 70).
Florida is the team leader at 1-under 559, followed by No. 23 North Florida in second at 1-over, NC State in third at 4-over, Liberty in fourth at 8-over and Florida State in fifth at 9-over. UNLV is 12th at 29-over.
Individually, Jacksonville's Eduardo Carrete holds a four-shot advantage at 7-under 133. He shot rounds of 1-under 69 and 6-under 64 on Monday. Liberty's Ervin Chang is second at 3-under.
The final round will begin on Tuesday at 8 a.m. ET.
REBEL OF THE DAY: Senior
Harry Hall is in a tie for 21st at 3-over 143. He shot a first-round 2-under 68 with four birdies and two bogeys.
COMPLETE REBEL SCORES:
• T21st – Harry Hall, senior (68-75=143, +3)
• T42nd – David Rauch, freshman (72-75=147, +7)
• T50th – Justin Kim, junior (74-75=149, +9)
• T56th – Jack Trent, sophomore (75-75=150, +10)
• 75th –
Justin Chong, junior (77-77=154, +14)
• 78th –
Marco Trstenjak, freshman (75-81=156, +16) - playing as individual
TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1. Florida (278-281=559, -1)
2. North Florida (282-279=561, +1)
3. NC State (290-274=564, +4)
4. Liberty (279-289=568, +8)
5. Florida State (287-282=569, +9)
There are a total of 14 teams and 84 individuals competing.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring of the tournament is available at UNLVRebels.com, courtesy of Golfstat, or by
clicking here.
REBEL NOTES:
• This is UNLV's first tournament of the spring season.
• The Rebels are the
three-time defending Mountain West champions.
• Last year's team also finished third at the NCAA Regional in Columbus, Ohio, and placed in the top 20 at the NCAA Championship.
• Trent earned the Mountain West Freshman of the Year award last season, while Hall and Trent were all recognized as All-MW performers.
• Hall was named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar in July.
• UNLV has played in a NCAA-record 30 straight regionals.
• This year marks head coach Dwaine Knight's 32nd season leading the Rebel program.
