KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. – After day one of the NCAA Men’s Golf Regional at The Golf Club of Tennessee, FGCU senior Van Holmgren (Plymouth, Minn./Waysata HS/North Dakota State) is tied for eighth overall after shooting a two-under 69 through the first round. That puts him one stroke behind Rutgers’ Christopher Gotterup who leads the field’s 10 individual players competing for a shot to advance to the NCAA Championship tournament at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The low five teams and the low individual not from those teams from each of the six regional sites will move on to the NCAA Championship on May 28-June 2.
Vanderbilt’s Reid Davenport leads the field after shooting a six-under 65 on Monday. Holmgren is in a seven-way tie for eighth. His performance on the day had him ahead of 11 top-100 players including the Clemson duo of No. 7 Jacob Bridgeman (T29, 72) and No. 12 Turk Pettit (T15, 70).
After starting the day with bogeys on the first three holes, Holmgren settled in with a birdie on No. 4 and an eagle on No. 5 before par on No. 6 followed by a birdie on No. 7. He was even on the final two holes of the front nine to hit the turn with a one-under 35.
On the back side, Holmgren was nearly perfect with just a bogey on No. 10. He had birdies on No. 12 and No. 17 while going for par on the other six holes to put him at two under for the day.
Holmgren’s eagle on No. 5 was the fifth of the day on the course. Vanderbilt’s Matthew Riedel had two on the day to lead the field.
With his score of 69, Holmgren’s performance marked the second-best individual score for an Eagle at an NCAA Regional. Edward Figueroa shot 68 in both the first and third rounds of the 2013 Tallahassee regional. Brandon Pena shot 71 in the final round of the 2012 Athens Regional, while Jake Sherwin matched that in the first round of the 2015 Lubbock Regional
Tuesday’s action will begin at 10:53 AM (9:53 AM CT) on hole No. 1 with live scoring provided by www.GolfStat.com.
NCAA Regional Individuals (seeded in the following order):
T5 – Christopher Gotterup, Rutgers – 68
T8 – Van Holmgren, Florida Gulf Coast University – 69
T29 – James Piot, Michigan State – 72
T29 – Brandon Einstein, High Point – 72
T29 – Hunter Fry, USC Upstate – 72
T47 – Timothius Tamardi, App State – 74
T53 – Evan Davis, Belmont – 75
T53 – Austin Devereux, Rider – 75
T59 – Hunter Eichhorn, Marquette – 76
T65 – Ben van Wyk, Augusta – 79
Top 10 Individuals Overall:
1 – Reid Davenport, Vanderbilt – 65
2 – Maximilian Steinlechner, NC State – 66
T3 – Will Kurtz Kent State – 67
T3 – Evan Brown Loyola Maryland – 67
T5 – Chris Vandette, Kent State – 68
T5 – Andrew Gibson, Houston – 68
T5 – Christopher Gotterup*, Rutgers – 68
T8 – William Buhl, Arkansas – 69
T8 – Benjamin Shipp, NC State – 69
T8 – William Moll, Vanderbilt – 69
T8 – Tyson Reeder, Arkansas – 69
T8 – Youssef Guezzale, San Diego State 69
T8 – Van Holmgren*, Florida Gulf Coast University – 69
T8 – Alexander Frances, Houston – 69
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