ORLANDO – The UCF men's golf team is in eighth place at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational in Augusta, Georgia after the team shot 579(+3) in the opening 36-hole day one.
The Knights began the day with a combined 287(-1) score in round one to sit tied for fourth halfway through the day, but fatigue began to settle in for the second half as the Knights were 4-over with a 292 score, dropping them to eighth place, 41 strokes back from first place Texas.
Following a tremendous, 5-under 67 opening round of play (his second best round so far this season), UCF senior Johnny Travale turned in an 80(+8) in the second round, bringing his total to 147(+3), tying him with teammate Egor Eroshenko.
Tied for 17th place and leading the team is senior Teddy Tetak. The Limbach, Slovakia native opened even at 72 before delivering a 3-under 69 to crack the top-20 with a 141(-3) combined score.
Tetak is currently eight strokes back from leaders and Texas brothers Parker and Pierceson Coody. The individual winner of the event is granted an automatic exemption into a PGA Tour event.
Rounding things out for the Knights, senior Luis Carrera turned in a 76-73=149(+5) day one while senior Markus Braddlie finished with a line of 73-78=151(+7). Carrera is tied for 49th while Braadlie is tied for 59th.
The Knights will tee off in the final round of play on Sunday, teeing off hole one at 8:30 a.m along with Augusta and Mercer.
Results from the first day of the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational can be found below. The full leaderboard can be found on golfstat.com here.
| 8 | UCF | 287 | 292 | 579 |
| T17 | Teddy Tetak (2) | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| T40 | Johnny Travale (1) | 67 | 80 | 147 |
| T40 | Egor Eroshenko (3) | 75 | 72 | 147 |
| T49 | Luis Carrera (4) | 76 | 73 | 149 |
| T59 | Markus Braadlie (5) | 73 | 78 | 151 |
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