DALLAS – Anton Albers,
Logan Pate and
Aaron Ramos all posted 1-under 70s over the opening 18 holes of the Trinity Forest Invitational, helping lead the Trojans to fourth after the day one standings. The trio are tied for ninth in the individual standings with Little Rock carding a 2-under 282 through the first 18 holes.
2019 Trinity Forest Invitational Round One Results
The Trojan trio each took different routes to reach their 1-under round one scoring, but each came up clutch on a number of holes. Beginning on hole 10, Ramos parred the first eight holes of the day before a bogey on 18 put him at 1-over. He then responded with birdies on one and six with seven more pars for a 2-under 34 over the front nine.
Albers had a pair of birdies and a pair of bogeys over the back nine and was even through the first nine holes before birdies on one and five, followed by a bogey on six, put him at 1-under. Pate went bogey-birdie-birdie-bogey on his first holes before parring out the back nine. After bogeys on one and four put him at 2-over, he birdied three of his final five holes to put him at 1-under.
The trio hold a two stroke lead on
Danial Durisic, who is at 1-over 72 after going 1-over through the back nine and even on the front.
Marcel Rauch rounds out the Trojan scorecard with a 4-over 75 in round one, including a 1-over 36 through the back nine.
Little Rock enters Monday's second round three shots off the pace after host SMU and Arizona State carded 5-under 279s on Sunday. The Trojans are one shot back of third-place UC Davis' 3-under 281 and hold a two shot edge on Houston with an even-par 284. Rice (2-over 286) is four shots back of Little Rock in sixth.
The Trojans will be in the second wave to tee off from hole one on Monday, beginning with Rauch's 8:45 a.m. tee time and leading up to Ramos getting underway at 9:21 a.m. Little Rock will play with Houston and SMU's B-team over the second 18 holes with live scoring available at GolfStat.com.
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