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Day One At Carpet Capital Unkind To Commodores 11/4/2005 ROCKY FACE, Ga. — The Vanderbilt men’s golf team shot a 22-over-par 310 during the opening round of play at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, hosted by Georgia Tech at The Farm Golf Club. The 18-team field will play 36 more holes on the Par 72, 7,010-yard layout over the next two days. At six under par, the University of Florida has a two-stroke lead over Georgia State. Duke stands in third place at even-par, followed by Georgia (+1), Texas Tech (+4), Clemson (+5), East Tennessee State (+7) and Augusta State (+9). Vanderbilt started play on the 10th hole and went out at nine over par. But the Commodores struggled to close out their round on holes seven through nine, with their four scoring players combining for five bogeys and two double-bogeys on the final three holes. Junior Luke List led the Commodores with a opening round of 75 to end Friday’s play as the only Vanderbilt golfer in the tournament’s top 40. Also scoring for the Commodores were senior Dos Goldsmith (77), and freshmen Tyler Matthews (78) and Jon Curran (80). Sophomore Brett Lange posted an first-day total of 83. The individual tournament lead is held by Chris Kirk of Georgia, who shot a five-under-par 67. Kirk leads three players — Duke’s Clark Klaasen, Clemson’s David May and Florida’s James Vargas — by one stroke. A total of 13 players in the field of 90 carded rounds below 72. Play at The Farm continues with 18 holes on Saturday before finishing up with a final 18 on Sunday. VANDERBILT 310 (+22) TEAM STANDINGS |
