Louisville Leads NCAA Athens Regional After Opening Round

Louisville holds the first round lead at the NCAA Athens Regional after carding a 10 under team total Monday at University of Georgia Golf Course. 

Top ranked Auburn and Vanderbilt are tied for second at 7 under, while BYU sits fourth at 6 under through 18 holes.

Rice and Georgia are tied for fifth at 5 under, followed by Charleston at 1 under. Illinois and Harvard are tied for eighth at even par, while Northwestern rounds out the top 10 at 2 over. 

Auburn’s Josiah Gilbert leads the individual standings after an opening round 6 under performance. Louisville’s Warren Thomis and Northwestern golfer Ethan Tseng are tied for second at 5 under.

Vanderbilt teammates Will Hartman and Jon Ed Steed are tied for fourth alongside Southern Miss golfer Jake Moffitt and Louisiana individual Malan Potgieter at 4 under.

Georgia’s Matt Moloney, Louisville’s Cooper Claycomb, and BYU’s Kihei Akina are tied for eighth at 3 under entering the second round. 

Team Standings Through Round One

1. Louisville, -10
T2. Auburn, -7
T2. Vanderbilt, -7

4. BYU, -6
T5. Rice, -5
T5. Georgia, -5

7. Charleston, -1
T8. Illinois, E
T8. Harvard, E

10. Northwestern, +2

11. Southern Miss, +5

12. Kansas, +8

13. Howard, +22

Top Individual Standings Through Round One

1. Josiah Gilbert, Auburn, -6
   T2. Warren Thomis, Louisville, -5
   T2. Ethan Tseng, Northwestern, -5
   T4. Will Hartman, Vanderbilt, -4
   T4. Jon Ed Steed, Vanderbilt, -4
   T4. Jake Moffitt, Southern Miss, -4
   T4. Malan Potgieter, Louisiana (IND), -4
   T8. Matt Moloney, Georgia, -3
   T8. Cooper Claycomb, Louisville, -3
   T8. Kihei Akina, BYU, -3

Sources:
Team Leaderboard

Individual Leaderboard