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May 18, 2006
ORLANDO - Top-seeded Georgia posted a 4-under-par team score of 284 to take a one-shot lead over Wake Forest after the opening round of the NCAA East Regional in Orlando on Thursday.
The tournament at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club was played under sunny, but windy conditions. Three teams broke par and 14 players among the field of 141 finished under par.
North Carolina senior Jonathan Jackson shot a first-round 6-under-par 66 to lead the field by one stroke. He posted a 6-under-par 30 on the front nine (his back nine), after an even-par first nine holes.
Georgia senior Brendon Todd stands in second place at 5-under 67. The Bulldogs also received strong performances from freshman Brian Harmon and senior Kevin Kisner who both carded an even-par 72.
Wake Forest is in second place at 3-under par 285 and UNLV is two shots further back at 1-under 287. Led by freshman Mark Stevens who shot a first round 68, Rhode Island is alone is fourth at 288.
Junior Sean Moore of Wake Forest is tied with Stevens for third and UNLV freshman Blake Trimble sits in fifth after posting a 69.
Texas Tech is in fifth place at 1-over par 289, with UCLA three shots behind at 4-over 292. North Carolina (294), Georgia Southern (295), Auburn (296) and Jacksonville (297) round out the top 10.
Four individuals - UCLA sophomore Kevin Chappell, Wake Forest sophomore Webb Simpson, UNLV sophomore Jarred Texter and senior Taylor Wood from Southern California - are tied for sixth at 2-under-par 70.
Friday's second round tee times begin at 7 a.m. The top-10 squads in the 27-team field, plus two individuals not on those teams, advance to the NCAA Championship, which begins May 31 in Sunriver, Ore.