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Yellowjackets Card Opening Round 308 at Golfweek Invite

Yellowjackets Card Opening Round 308 at Golfweek Invite

From University of Rochester Athletics

Playing against many of the teams they hope to be playing against at the NCAA Division III Championships in May, the University of Rochester golf team carded a first round 308 and sits in 18th place after day one of the Golfweek D3 Fall Invitational on Sunday.
 
Rochester, ranked #16 in Division III is playing in a field with 14 teams in the top-25 including four of the top-5 in D-III.
 
UR had an up and down day one, finishing with a score of +24 for its four scores of five golfers.  Junior captain G.W. VanderZwaag leads Rochester with a first round +3 (74) on the par-71 Raven Golf Course at the Sandestin Resort.  He sits in T-34th.
 
Sophomore Jona Scott led the Yellowjackets with four birdies on his round, but also had a couple hiccups on his way to a 77 (+6) on Sunday.  He finished strong with a back nine 35 (-1) though.  Scott was one stroke ahead of teammate Matt van Niekerk who carded a first round 78 (+7).
 
Dominick Schumacher was UR's four scoring round after a first 18 hole score of 79.  Freshman Luis Arteaga carded an 83 in round one.

LaGrange College leads after the first round, shooting a +2 score of 286, one shot clear of Tyler-Texas and four ahead of 3rd place Methodist.