CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – First year Mingbo Jiang fired a 2-under, 68 in the first round of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational presented by Charles Schwab on Monday (Sept. 28). It was the lowest round by a Cavalier this fall.
Jiang carded six birdies in round one, all came in an 11-hole stretch beginning on the 10th hole. The 68 was tied for the sixth lowest round one score in the 80-player field. Jiang is tied for 54th on the overall leaderboard after turning in a 9-over, 79 in his afternoon session.
Virginia played 36 holes on Monday and will finish the 54-hole competition with 18 holes on Tuesday. As a team, the Cavaliers are 22-over and in 13th place after two rounds of action. The Cavaliers were in ninth place after the first 18 holes at 285 (+5) but slipped to 13th after combining for a 297 (+17) in the afternoon.
Fellow first year Jager Pain (71-74, 145) and fourth year Josh Duangmanee (73-72, 145) are tied for 44th place at 5-over to lead the Cavaliers on the individual leaderboard. Duangmanee complied 28 pars in 36 holes, tied for the second-most in the field.
The Cavaliers are back on the course at 2 p.m. for a shotgun start at the famed Colonial Country Club, home of the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
|
PL |
Team |
RD1 |
RD2 |
Total |
To Par |
|
1 |
Auburn |
274 |
280 |
554 |
-6 |
|
T2 |
Alabama |
274 |
282 |
556 |
-4 |
|
T2 |
North Carolina |
271 |
285 |
556 |
-4 |
|
4 |
Vanderbilt |
279 |
279 |
558 |
-2 |
|
5 |
Texas |
280 |
283 |
563 |
+3 |
|
6 |
Texas Tech |
288 |
279 |
567 |
+7 |
|
7 |
TCU |
282 |
288 |
570 |
+10 |
|
8 |
UCLA |
279 |
294 |
573 |
+13 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma State |
276 |
298 |
574 |
+14 |
|
10 |
Oklahoma |
288 |
287 |
575 |
+15 |
|
T11 |
Georgia Tech |
287 |
289 |
576 |
+16 |
|
T11 |
Georgia |
288 |
288 |
576 |
+16 |
|
13 |
Virginia |
285 |
297 |
582 |
+22 |
|
14 |
Pepperdine |
298 |
286 |
584 |
+24 |
|
15 |
Stanford |
292 |
295 |
587 |
+27 |
|
16 |
Arizona State |
297 |
293 |
590 |
+30 |
VIRGINIA
|
PL |
PLAYER |
RD1 |
RD2 |
Total |
To Par |
|
T44 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
+5 |
|
|
T44 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
+5 |
|
|
T54 |
68 |
79 |
147 |
+7 |
|
|
T61 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
+8 |
|
|
T75 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
+11 |
