Fosdick Leads UVA During Opening Round of Linger Longer Invitational

GREENSBORO, Ga. – The No. 16 Virginia men’s golf team finished the opening round of play at the Linger Longer Invitational at Great Waters Golf Course at Reynolds Plantation in fourth place. The Cavaliers shot 1-under 287 and are four shots behind co-leaders Alabama and Georgia. Top-ranked Vanderbilt is one shot ahead of UVA on the leaderboard.

UVA junior Chris Fosdick had the Cavaliers’ best opening-day score, shooting 3-under 69. It was his best round of the season and featured five birdies and a pair of bogeys. He finished the round in fourth place.Virginia’s Ben James and Georgie Duangmanee both shot even par 72 and are tied for 16th place. Deven Patel is 33rd at 74 and Bryan Lee is 42nd at 75. Pietro Bovari, playing as an individual, also shot 74 and is tied for 33rd place.

Monday’s second round gets underway at 10:30 a.m. UVA will be paired with Alabama, Georgia and Vanderbilt. Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.

Linger Longer Invitational
Great Waters Golf Course
Greensboro, Ga.
Par 72, 7,436 yards
First-Round Results

Team Results
 1. Alabama         283
 1. Georgia         283
 3. Vanderbilt      286
 4. Virginia        287
 5. Georgia Tech    292
 6. Arkansas        294
 7. Clemson         295
 8. Chattanooga     296
 9. South Florida   299
 9. Kennesaw State  299
 9. Wofford         299
12. UNCG            301
13. Charlotte       303
14. South Alabama   306
15. Augusta         309
16. Mercer          310

Individual Leaders
1. Hugo Lari, Kennesaw State  68
1. Connor Howe, Georgia Tech  68
1. Connor Creasy, Georgia     68 

Virginia Results
 4. Chris Fosdick      69
16. Ben James          72
16. George Duangmanee  72
33. Deven Patel        74
42. Bryan Lee          75
33. Pietro Bovari*     74
* Competing as an individual