Men's Golf 2/20/2020 5:47:00 PM

Rebels Tied For Sixth After First Round In Hawaii

Rauch and Trent both among top 10 individuals at John A. Burns Intercollegiate.

LIHUE, Hawaii (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's golf team shot an opening-round 2-over-par 290 on Thursday at the 44th Annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate, which is being played at Wailua Golf Course (par 72, 6,991 yards).

UNCW and No. 15 BYU are both tied for the team lead at 1-under 287, followed by No. 10 Texas A&M in third at even-par 288. UC Irvine and New Mexico are tied for fourth at 1-over, followed by UNLV, which is tied with Illinois for the sixth spot.

Individually, there is a six-way tie for first at 3-under 69. UNLV sophomore David Rauch and two others are one shot back in a tie for seventh at 2-under, while UNLV junior Jack Trent is in a 13-way tie for 10th at 1-under 71.

REBEL OF THE DAY: Rauch recorded five birdies during the first round, but also had a bogey and a double bogey for a score of 2-under.

There are a total of 21 teams and 124 individuals competing. The second round will begin on Friday at 8 a.m. HT/10 a.m. PT, with the third and final round scheduled for the same time on Saturday. UNLV will be paired with New Mexico, Illinois and Long Beach State on Friday

LIVE SCORING: Live scoring of the tournament is available at UNLVRebels.com, courtesy of Golfstat, or by clicking here.

NOTES:
• UNLV lost Mountain West Golfer of the Year and All-America Scholar Harry Hall to graduation following last season. He competed at the prestigious Walker Cup in September, becoming just the third Rebel in program history to be invited.
• The Rebels have welcomed four new players to this year's roster.
• Last year's team appeared in a NCAA-record 31st straight regional and advanced to the national finals where it finished in the top 20.
• Trent and Rauch are UNLV's returning All-Mountain West performers. Trent, who is on the 2020 Ben Hogan Award Watch List, competed at the PGA Tour's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas in October thanks to an amateur exemption with his win at the Southern Highlands Collegiate. He made the cut and finished tied for 29th.
• Senior Justin Kim, who turned in UNLV's best individual finish at the NCAA Finals last season, was also named an All-America Scholar.
• This year marks head coach Dwaine Knight's 33rd season leading the Rebel program.

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Players Mentioned

Harry Hall: 6' 3"; Senior; 3L

Justin Kim: 5' 10"; Senior; 3L

David Rauch: 6' 2"; Sophomore; 1L

Jack Trent: 6' 3"; Junior; 2L

Players Mentioned

Harry Hall
: 6' 3"; Senior; 3L

Justin Kim
: 5' 10"; Senior; 3L

David Rauch
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; 1L

Jack Trent
: 6' 3"; Junior; 2L