ROUND 1 & 2 RESULTS
ERIE, Colo. – The UTEP men's golf team shot a season-low 281 in round one and will head into Tuesday's final 18 holes in second place after two rounds at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational hosted by the University of Colorado at Colorado National Golf Club (par 72 | 7,567 yards) on Monday.
Tuesday's final round (18 holes) starts at 7:55 a.m.
LIVE RESULTS here.
The Miners (281-284—565, -11), through slight winds and light rain fall, followed with another solid round, firing a 284 and are seven strokes behind leader San Francisco (276-282—558, -18). Nevada (280-286—566) and Colorado State (283-283—566) are a stroke behind UTEP. Host Colorado (285-282—567) is fifth and Air Force (301-308—609) is last, 15 strokes behind the leader.
Jacob Presutti (70-70) was consistent through 36 holes finishing 4-under par 140, and moved up eight spots to tied seventh with six other competitors. Presutti shot 5-under on par 5 holes.
Braden Smith (72-69) fired a career-low 69 in the second round and shot up 20 spots to tied 14
th. Smith tallied a team-high 27 pars, and tied for third most overall.
Greg Holmes got off to a hot start, firing a career-low 67 in the first round, but shot a 75 to drop 16 spots to tied 17
th.
Dylan Teeter (72-72—144) shot par and is tied 30
th, while
Patrick Foley (72-73—145) is tied 40
th. Foley led the Miners with nine birdies.
Mercer's Tobias Jonsson (68-70—138) and San Francisco's Benjamin Partridge (67-71—138) are tied for first at 6-under par, while four others are tied for third.
The Miners shot a Monday-best 8-under on par 4 holes, while shooting 14-under in par 5s. UTEP tallied 116 pars and 38 birdies. Denver U had a field-most 120 pars, while Colorado State led the way with 44 birdies and tied with Valparaiso with two eagles.
THE 2023-24 UTEP MEN'S GOLF SCHEDULE
GolfWeek Collegiate Kickoff | Sept. 4-5 (Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Dalhousie GC)
William H. Tucker Intercollegiate | Sept. 25-26 (Albuquerque, N.M. | UNM Championship GC)
Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational | Oct. 2-3 (Boulder, Co. | Colorado National GC)
Little Rock Invitational | Oct. 16-17 (Little Rock, Ark. | Chenal Country Club)
The Clerico | Oct. 23-24 (Broken Arrow, Okla. | Cedar Ridge CC)
Los Vaqueros Intercollegiate | Feb. 5-7 (Cancun, Mexico | Iberostar Playa Paraiso GC)
John A. Burns Intercollegiate | Feb. 15-17 (Kauai, Hawai'i | Ocean Course at Hokuala)
Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate | March 18-19 (Tucson, Ariz. | Tucson CC)
Duck Invitational | March 25-26 (Eugene, Ore. | Eugene CC)
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate | April 1-2 (Phoenix, Ariz. | Ak-Chin Southern Dunes)
Gaucho Invitational | April 8-9 (Santa Barbara, Calif. | Sandpiper GC)
CUSA Championship | April 22-25 (Texarkana, Ark. | Texarkana CC)
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