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NCAA Championships
Men's Golf Tied For Seventh At NCAA Championship
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | Men's Golf
The University of Florida men's golf teed off at the NCAA Championship on Tuesday with a team score of 287 (-1). The Gators were near the top of the leaderboard all afternoon and ended the day in a tie for seventh, just four strokes shy of first place.
“We got off to pretty solid start in that we were one under and four strokes back,” said head coach Buddy Alexander. “But we got sloppy in the final holes today. I don't mind sloppy when it comes to execution and losing a shot or two but we made some bad decisions at the end of the round with club selection. It's too bad because otherwise it could've been a good day for us. Every shot is vital and it's going to be close down the stretch.”
The team was led by freshman Phillip Choi (Orlando, Fla.), making his NCAA Championship debut. Choi, who teed off from the No. 5 position in the lineup, carded a three-under 69 on day one to tie for third. Choi began his round with a birdie before making a bogey and birdie on his third and fourth. Two more birdies put him at three-under entering the turn and a bogey and birdie on his back nine kept him there to finish the day.
Seniors Tim McKenney (Scottsdale, Ariz.) is currently tied for 36th after carding an even-par 72 on Tuesday. He carded two birdies and two bogeys on the day.
Senior Tyson Alexander (Gainesville, Fla.), redshirt junior Andres Echavarria (Medellin, Colombia) and junior Bank Vongvanij (Bradenton, Fla.) all tied for 52nd place with a first-round score of 73 (+1).
Oklahoma State and Florida State are currently tied for first place after both teams carded a 283 (-5) on Tuesday. Jesper Kennegard of Arizona State and Henrik Norlander of Augusta State are tied for the lead individually with first-round scores of 68 (-4).
The Gators will tee off in the same pairings, alongside Georgia Tech and UNLV, for Wednesday's second round, except they will play in the morning session, with tee times beginning at 8:35 a.m. ET. Visit www.GatorZone.com or www.golfstat.com for live scoring and updated results.
Team Results After Round 1
| Place | Team | Score |
| T1 | Oklahoma State | 283 (-5) |
| T1 | Florida State | 283 (-5) |
| 3 | Oregon | 284 (-4) |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 285 (-3) |
| T5 | Arizona State | 286 (-2) |
| T5 | Clemson | 286 (-2) |
| T7 | FLORIDA | 287 (-1) |
| T7 | Augusta State | 287 (-1) |
| 9 | Washington | 289 (+1) |
| T10 | Georgia Tech | 290 (+2) |
| T10 | Texas | 290 (+2) |
| T12 | Kent State | 292 (+4) |
| T12 | Stanford | 292 (+4) |
| T12 | UNF | 292 (+4) |
| 15 | California | 293 (+5) |
| T16 | UNLV | 294 (+6) |
| T16 | Baylor | 294 (+6) |
| T16 | San Diego | 294 (+6) |
| T16 | UCLA | 294 (+6) |
| T20 | Southern Cal | 295 (+7) |
| T20 | Oregon State | 295 (+7) |
| 22 | Duke | 296 (+8) |
| T23 | Georgia Southern | 297 (+9) |
| T23 | Tennessee | 297 (+9) |
| 25 | Virginia | 300 (+12) |
| 26 | Penn State | 301 (+13) |
| T27 | TCU | 302 (+14) |
| T27 | Texas Tech | 302 (+14) |
| 29 | LSU | 303 (+15) |
| 30 | Illinois | 304 (+16) |
Individual Results After Round 1
| Place | Team | Score |
| T1 | Jesper Kennegard (Arizona State) | 68 (-4) |
| T1 | Henrik Norlander (Augusta State) | 68 (-4) |
| T3 | Phillip Choi (Florida) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Alex Ching (San Diego) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Luke Hopkins (Clemson) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Seath Lauer (Florida State) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Lance Lopez (Texas) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Ryan O'Rear (Baylor) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Wes Roach (Duke) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Pontus Widegren (UCLA) | 69 (-3) |
| T3 | Eugene Wong (Oregon) | 69 (-3) |
Florida Results After Round 1
| Place | Team | Score |
| T3 | Phillip Choi | 69 (-3) |
| T36 | Tim McKenney | 72 (E) |
| T52 | Tyson Alexander | 73 (+1) |
| T52 | Bank Vongvanij | 73 (+1) |
| T52 | Andres Echavarria | 73 (+1) |
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