Three Bulldogs Tied For Sixth at Linger Longer

Sunday, March 17

Greensboro, Ga.

University of Georgia

Linger Longer Invitational

Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA

March 17, 2024 | Men's Golf

Day One Results

EATONTON, Ga. – Three Bulldogs stand tied for sixth individually as the No. 27 Georgia men's golf team carded a nine-under-par, 279 during round one of the Linger Longer Invitational to end Sunday afternoon in third place at the Great Waters Golf Course.

No. 16 Alabama ended the day in first at 21-under, head of second-place No. 13 Virginia by nine strokes. Carter Loflin, Camden Smith and Ben van Wyk each posted scores of three-under 69, with Smith earning seven birdies, tied for the second-most in the field.

JT Herman and Loflin, both of whom are competing as individuals, earned eagles on hole six, a 557-yard, par five. Georgia was the only school in round one with multiple players to earn eagles.

All five Bulldogs competing for the team finished in the top 30. Graduate Connor Creasy's first round of 70 saw him score par-or-better in 17 holes with just one bogey, tying him for 17^th. He is joined by Beck Burnette, who is competing individually, also finishing with a round of two-under. Both Caleb Manuel and Buck Brumlow carded a one-under 71 to stand tied for 29^th.

Georgia will return for round two of the Linger Longer Invitational on Monday, March 18, with Manuel the first Bulldog to tee off at 9:51 a.m. ET.

Linger Longer Invitational
Great Waters Golf Course
Eatonton, Ga.
Par 72, 7,436 Yards

First Round Results

Team Leaderboard
1.    No. 16 Alabama                267 (-21)
2.    No. 13 Virginia               276 (-12)
3.    No. 27 Georgia                279 (-9)
4.    No. 14 Georgia Tech           280 (-8)
t-5.  Clemson                       281 (-7)
t-5.  North Carolina-Greensboro     281 (-7)
7.    Jacksonville                  284 (-4)
t-8. Charlotte                     287 (-1)
t-8. Georgia State                 287 (-1)
10.   Augusta                       291 (+3)
11.   Kennesaw State                293 (+5)
12.   Louisiana Tech                294 (+6)
13.   Mercer                        297 (+9)
14.   Wofford                       302 (+14)

Individual Leaderboard
1.    Jonathan Griz, Alabama        62 (-10)
2.    Jonathan Nielsen, Clemson     64 (-8)
3.    JP Cave, Alabama              67 (-5)
t-4.  Hiroshi Tai, Georgia State    68 (-4)
t-4.  Bryan Lee, Virginia           68 (-4)
t-6.  Carter Loflin, Georgia*       69 (-3)
t-6. Camden Smith, Georgia         69 (-3)
t-6.  Ben van Wyk, Georgia          69 (-3)
t-6.  Symon Balbin, UNC-Greensboro  69 (-3)
t-6.  Alexandre Vandermoten, Jax.   69 (-3)
t-6.  Deven Patel, Virginia         69 (-3)
t-6.  Josef Hacker, Jacksonville    69 (-3)
t-6. Thomas Ponder, Alabama        69 (-3)
t-6.  Ben James, Virginia           69 (-3)
t-6.  Hugo Kari, Kennesaw State     69 (-3)
t-6.  Jones Free, Alabama           69 (-3)

Georgia Scores
t-6.  Ben van Wyk                   69 (-3)
t-6.  Camden Smith                  69 (-3)
t-6.  Carter Loflin*                69 (-3)
t-17. Beck Burnette*                70 (-2)
t-17. Connor Creasy                 70 (-2)
t-29. Buck Brumlow                  71 (-1)
t-29. Caleb Manuel                  71 (-1)
t-43. JT Herman*                    73 (+1)

*Competing as individual

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