SPRINGBORO – The Wright State golf team is the only team under par as six Raiders are inside the Top 10 individually after the opening day of the Wright State Invitational at Heatherwoode Golf Club in Springboro.
The Raiders are 22-under as a group after rounds of 275 and 271, well ahead of second-place Cleveland State (six-under) and the rest of the 11-team field. Monday's final round begins at 8:30 a.m. at Heatherwoode with the Raiders getting underway off holes one through three.
FOLLOW LIVE SCORING
Individually,
Andrew Flynn is seven-under after 36 holes to lead the field by two shots. Teammates
Shane Ochs and
Timmy Hollenbeck are tied for third at three-under, while Raiders
Mikkel Mathiesen and
Adam Horn are both one-under in a tie for fifth.
Ian Asch is eighth at even-par heading into the final 18 holes.
Flynn opened his tournament with a three-under 68, carding five first round birdies between his two bogeys – one early on his second hole and one late on the 17th. He followed up his opening round with an afternoon 67, tallying six birdies over his first 14 holes before a pair of birdies on holes 16 and 17.
Ochs was the leader after his four-under opening round 67 with five birdies in through 11 holes before a bogey on the par four 13th. He carded a one-over 72 in his up-and-down second round, mixing his three birdies and four bogeys throughout the round. Hollenbeck fired a second round 66, tallying six birdies with just a lone bogey on the way to his five-under score after he opened with a two-over 73 in the first round, working through four birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey in his opening 18 holes.
Mathiesen and Horn were each tied for second after three-under opening rounds, with Mathiesen carding six birdies against three bogeys in the first round and Horn balancing five birdies and four bogeys with an eagle three on the par five ninth. Mathiesen mixed three birdies and five bogeys into his second round on the way to the two-over 73, while Horn's 73 featured three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.
Asch, playing as an individual, opened with a two-under 69 the featured a trio of birdies and an eagle three on the par five fourth hole mixed with a bogey and a double bogey. He added a two-over 73 in his afternoon round with a birdie and three bogeys.
Kye Fisher is seven-over in a tie for 27th, bouncing back from an eight-over opening round 79 with a one-under 70 in the second round that featured three birdies and a pair of bogeys sprinkled across his round.
Brock Rumpke, also playing as an individual, is 14-over and tied for 54th, opening with a 79 before following that with a second round 77.
