Day 1 Recap: RSC Men's Golf Championship -- Brescia (Ky.) leads by 9 strokes
Day 1 Recap: RSC Men's Golf Championship -- Brescia (Ky.) leads by 9 strokes
LIVE SCORING I RD 1-2 LEADERBOARD I RD 3 PAIRINGS & TEE TIMES
FLORENCE, Ind. -- Day 1 of the 2019 River States Conference Men's Golf Championship is complete, and defending champion Brescia (Ky.) University is in the lead by nine strokes after 36 holes played Monday at Belterra Golf Course in Florence, Ind.
The Bearcats shot rounds of 306-300 for a total of 606 after the first day. That leads the other 10 teams heading into the final round of 18 holes on Tuesday at 9 a.m. Brescia led by six shots after the first round and then put together the best team score of the tournament so far, a 300 in round two.
Midway (Ky.) University is in the second place after 36 holes with rounds of 312 and 303. The Eagles were in second place after 18 holes as well. Asbury (Ky.) University (315-303) and Point Park (Pa.) University (313-305) are tied for third place, three shots behind Midway, and IU Kokomo (315-304) is in fifth place, one more shot back of that.
Cincinnati Christian University's Noah Lung is the 36-hole leader individually at 3-over 145. He opened up with a 3-over 74 and then fired an even-par 71 in the second round to take a 1-shot lead over University of Rio Grande's Jarod Lemaster at 4-over 146. Lemaster started off with a 76 and has the low-round of the tournament with the 1-under 71 that followed.
Tyler Pearson of IU East shot 74-73 and is two shots off the lead in third place. Gage Basiletti of Point Park fired 75-73 in fourth place, and Brescia's Trevor Brown (74-75) and Point Park's Matt D'Amico (77-72) are tied for fifth.
Follow live tournament scoring at the live scoring link above. Download the complete team and individual leaderboard after Day 1 and the final-round tee times and pairings at the links above as well.