Kohles In Fifth Place After First Round of Fall Preview

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Stillwater, OK – Led by the fifth-place effort of junior Ben Kohles, the Virginia men’s golf team is in 12th place after the opening round of play a the Ping/Golfweek Fall Preview taking place at Oklahoma State’s Karsten Course. The Cavaliers opened with a score of 313. The event is UVa’s first tournament of the fall.

Kohles, the co-ACC Player of the Year in 2010, is four shots behind the leader after shooting 1-over 73. Only two players managed to better par at the Karsten Creek course. Oklahoma State’s Talor Gooch leads the event at 3-under 69 and Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander is second at 71.

Virginia’s other scores included a 78 by sophomore Mac McLaughlin, 81s by senior Will Collins and freshman Ben Rusch and an 86 by junior Henry Smart.

Oklahoma State leads the team standings by nine shots after shooting even par 288. Karsten Creek, the site of the 2011 NCAA Championships, was a challenging setup for the field. A total of 20 players in the 55-man field shot 80 or higher.

The second round of the tournament will take place Monday and the final round is set for Tuesday. Live scoring of the tournament is online at Golfstat.com.

Ping/Golfweek Fall Preview
Karsten Creek
Stillwater, OK
Par 72, 7,449 yards
First Round Results

Team Results
1. Oklahoma State 288
2. Texas A&M 297
3. Georgia Tech 298
4. Georgia 300
4. UCLA 300
4. Oregon 300
7. Texas Tech 303
8. Augusta State 304
9. Arizona State 307
10. Texas 310
11. TCU 312
12. Virginia 313
13. UNLV 321
14. Clemson 324
15. USC 331

Individual Leaders
1. Talor Gooch, Oklahoma State 69
2. Henrik Norlander, Augusta State 71
3. Conrad Shindler, Texas A&M 72
3. Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State 72
5. Ben Kohles, Virginia 73
5. Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State 73
5. Case Cochran, Texas A&M 73

Virginia Results
5. Ben Kohles 73
43. Mac McLaughlin 78
56. Will Collins 81
56. Ben Rusch 81
68. Henry Smart 86