Mathiesen two back, Geocke five off lead after 18 holes at NCAA Regional

Monday, May 15

Bath, MI / Eagle Eye Golf Club

Wright State University

NCAA Regional

Photo by: Aaron Johnson

Mathiesen two back, Geocke five off lead after 18 holes at NCAA Regional

5/15/2023 4:35:00 PM | Men's Golf

BATH, MI – Mikkel Mathiesen and Tyler Goecke are each within five strokes of the individual leader after the opening 18 holes of the 2023 NCAA Regional on Monday.

Sunny conditions with little to no wind provided the perfect opportunities for low scores, with Mathiesen and Goecke combining to card 10 birdies to erase five total bogeys, with Mathiesen finishing his first round with a four-under 67 to sit in a tie for fifth, just two shots back of individual leader Ben Van Wyk of Georgia. Goecke tallied a one-under 70 and is five shots off the lead in a tie for 30th.

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Action continues Tuesday morning with 18 holes, with Goecke teeing off at 10:23 and Mathiesen in the following group getting underway at 10:34 as the Raider duo are part of the final two groups to get onto the course.

Mathiesen opened Monday with a birdie on the par four first hole before immediately following that with a bogey on the par three second hole, finishing his first nine holes with a pair of bogeys and three birdies before he tallied a bogey-free back nine with three more birdies, including back-to-back birdies on the par four 15th and 16th down the stretch of his afternoon.

Goecke went birdie-bogey twice in his opening round, carding a birdie on the par five fourth hole before a bogey on the par three fifth. He ended his first nine holes with a birdie on the par four ninth, following that with a bogey on the par four 10th hole and then adding another bogey on the par four 13th, rallying to birdie two of the final five holes down the stretch, on the par five 14th and 18th.