Men's Golf in Sixth Place After Day One of the Cougar Invitational

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Coker University Men's Golf sits in sixth place after day one of the Cougar Invitational at Green Island Country Club on Monday (Sept. 26). 

The Cobras were led by Caleb Tidd, who shot a 69 and a 77 to turn in a 146 for the day (+6) to sit tied for 17th individually. Fred Tindale finished one shot behind Tidd for the day with a 71 and a 76 (147, +7), while Jonathan Hallinger turned in a 148 (77, 71, +8) on the day. Killian Ryan (71, 79, +10) and Derek McGlaughlin (78, 74, 152, +12) rounded out the first day for the Cobras. As a team, Coker sits in sixth place out of 12 teams in a field of nationally-ranked teams.

"I thought we had a respectable first round, but the second round we just had way too many big numbers," said head coach John Hackney. "In fact, on the day we had too many big numbers and that's the only reason we're not not right up towards the top of the leaderboard. We did have three eagles. It was a long, hard, hot day on a difficult golf course with very tricky greens . We are not at all happy, especially with the second round result, so we're ready to come out smoking tomorrow and put a really low number on the scoreboard. Our guys really hit some brilliant shots at times today and made some clutch putts so we just need to avoid the double bogeys, triples or worse tomorrow and I am confident we will finish well here in our first tournament of the year."

The Cobras return to the links for day two of the tournament tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 27) for an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Live stats will be available at www.cokercobras.com.