Junior Austin Brooks (Matthews, N.C./Carmel Christian) and freshman Daniel Jones (Greensboro, N.C./Bishop McGuinness) both shot three-over 74 in Friday's first round of the ODAC Championship.
The Basics
Tournament 9: ODAC Championship
Dates: Friday, April 29 & Saturday, April 30
Venue: Old Trail Golf Club
Host: Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Team Standings: The Yellow Jackets are seventh out of 11 teams.
Players: Brooks posted an eagle on the 495-yard par 5 No. 14. He had two birdies, one on No. 8 and one on No. 17. Brooks had nine pars in his round. He shot 3-over 39 on the front and even-par 35 on the back.
Jones posted one birdie, coming on No. 11. He had 13 pars. Jones was one-over on the front, with eight pars and one bogey. Jones and Brooks are tied for 20th out of 55 individuals.
Senior Peyton Butts (Goochland, Va./Goochland) was three shots behind Brooks and Jones at six-over 77. He had 12 pars and six bogeys. Butts was three-over on the front and three-over on the back.
Junior Nathan Wright (Sagaponack, N.Y./East Hampton) one stroke behind Butts at seven-over 78. He was five-over on the front and just two-over on the back. Wright had three consecutive birdies on 14, 15 & 16. He had five pars on the day.
Junior Nick Schnur (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Germantown Academy) shot 82. He had a birdie on No. 14. Schnur had eight pars, including six on the front.
The second and third rounds of the three-round event will be played on Saturday, April 30.
ODAC Championship – Team Standings – Round 1
1 Hampden-Sydney 282 -2
2 Roanoke 287 +3
3 Lynchburg 288 +4
4 Washington and Lee 292 +8
5 Guilford 294 +10
6 Bridgewater 295 +11
7 Randolph-Macon 303 +19
8 Shenandoah 304 +20
9 Ferrum 313 +29
10 Eastern Mennonite 348 +64
11 Virginia Wesleyan 354 +70