KILDEER, Ill. – The Belmont men's golf team is in third place after day one of the Kemper Lakes Intercollegiate held Monday at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Kildeer, Illinois.
On a picture perfect fall day in the Midwest, the Bruins posted rounds of 302 and 297 to finish the day in third place with a 36-hole score of 599. South Dakota and Drake have the team lead at 584.
Three Belmont golfers are among the top-15 after the first day of play. Senior
Chris Harpum and junior
Omar Khalid are tied for fifth place at 148. Harpum carded rounds of 75 and 73, while Khalid shot identical rounds of 74. They are 11 strokes back of the individual leader, Jake Weissenburger of Drake (137).
Freshman
Jackson Whaley had another good start as he is tied for 13
th place at 150. He posted rounds of 76 and 74.
Fellow freshman
Leo Froio is tied for 27
th place at 154, while senior
Jack Darke is tied for 34
th place at 156.
Two Bruins are competing as individuals: junior
Brennan Cozad is in 30
th place at 155, while fellow junior
Hugh Donegan is tied for 72
nd place at 170.
The third and final round will begin Tuesday morning with an 8:30am shotgun start. Live scoring can be found at BlmontBruins.com.
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