Georgia’s van Wyk in Fifth Heading into Final Round

Monday, October 2

Fort Worth, Texas

University of Georgia

Ben Hogan Collegiate

Ben van Wyk during the Valero Texas Collegiate.

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Georgia’s van Wyk in Fifth Heading into Final Round

October 02, 2023 | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Team Results Individual Results

FORT WORTH, Texas — The University of Georgia men's golf team ended day one at the Ben Hogan Collegiate in seventh at four-over 564, led by Ben van Wyk's five-under 135 on Monday.

Georgia finished 36 holes on the par-70, 6,885-yard layout at the Shady Oaks Country Club. The team shot two-over 282 during the both the first and second rounds to head into the third round in the top half of the team leaderboard. Van Wyk ended the day tied for fifth on the individual leaderboard after shooting 68 and 67. Oklahoma holds the team lead at 18-under 542, followed by Arizona State in second at 13-under 547 with Vanderbilt in third trailing the Sun Devils by three strokes.

Van Wyk impressed during the first two rounds of the event, earning 11 birdies across the two rounds, tied for the most of any player in the field. Buck Brumlow carded a one-over 141, highlighted by a 69 in the second round that saw the junior shoot par-or-better on 16 holes. Brumlow, who had the fifth-most pars on day one with 26, heads into the final round tied for 26^th on the individual leaderboard.

Connor Creasy began the day shooting par during the first round and finished four-over 144. Caleb Manuel shot 72 and 73 for five-over 145, while Carter Loflin shot 73 in both rounds to end the day just one stroke behind Manuel.

The Bulldogs will conclude the Ben Hogan Collegiate on Tuesday with the third round slated to begin at 9 a.m. ET. This event marks the third of four fall competitions for Georgia, who will round out 2023 at the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic hosted by Hawaii on Oct. 26-28.

Fort Worth, Texas
Par 70, 6885 Yards

Day One Results

Team Leaderboard
1.    Oklahoma                      277-265=542 (-18)
2.    Arizona St.                   272-276=548 (-13)
3.    Vanderbilt                    271-279=550 (-10)
4.    North Carolina                276-280=556 (-4)
5.    Oregon                        281-276=558 (-3)
6.    Florida St.                   284-279=563 (+3)
7.    Georgia                       282-282=564 (+4)
8.    Texas                         290-276=566 (+6)
t-9.  Oklahoma St.                  287-280=567 (+7)
t-9.  Wake Forest                   287-280=567 (+7)
t-11. Georgia Tech                  283-287=570 (+10)
t-11. Texas A&M                     288-282=570 (+10)
13.   Texas Tech                    290-281=571 (+11)
14.   TCU                           288-284=572 (+12)
15.   Pepperdine                    285-288=573 (+13)

Individual Leaderboard
1.    Drew Goodman, Oklahoma        68-63=131 (-9)
t-2.  Gustav Frimodt, TCU           68-66=134 (-6)
t-2.  David Ford, UNC               66-68=134 (-6)
t-2.  Stephen Campbell Jr, Oklahoma 66-68=134 (-6)
t-5.  Ben van Wyk, Georgia          68-67=135 (-5)
t-5.  Scotty Kennon, Wake Forest    67-68=135 (-5)
t-7.  Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt    67-69=136 (-4)
t-7.  Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt     66-70=136 (-4)
Six players tied for ninth

Georgia Scores
t-5.    Ben van Wyk                 68-67=135 (-5)
t-25.   Buck Brumlow                72-69=141 (+1)
t-48.   Connor Creasy               70-74=144 (+4)
t-54.   Caleb Manuel                72-73=145 (+5)
t-60.   Carter Loflin               73-73=146 (+6)

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