Feb. 18, 2009
Wahiawa, Hawaii - The Auburn men's golf team finished the opening round of the 2009 John Burns Intercollegiate in fifth place, following an opening round 283.
Junior Cole Moreland led all Tigers with a 5-under 67 to tie for fourth. Senior Glenn Northcutt (69) is tied for 12th. Freshman Kyle Kopsick shot a 71, freshman Jonathan Fly carded a 76 and freshman Will McCurdy shot a 77.
"We had some good top end scores," said Auburn head coach Mike Griffin. "Some of our first time players played like first timers. Tomorrow will be better for them. Just need to keep the low scores working too."
Arizona leads the tournament with a 12-under 276, followed by New Mexico (277), Arkansas (280), BYU (281), Auburn, Nevada (284), SMU (285), UC-Santa Barbara (285), Texas A&M (286), Colorado State (286), San Diego (287), UNLV (287), Denver (291), Hawaii (292), San Jose State (293), Hawaii-Hilo (298) and UTEP (298.
Second round action resumes Thursday at 10 a.m. local time.