Men's Golf | 3/8/2021 8:49:00 PM

SAVANNAH, Ga.  Day 1 of The Savannah Invitational's two rounds are complete, with Methodist men's golf in second place on the team leaderboard at 1-over par and a pair of freshmen leading the way in the top 10 of the individual scores.

Guilford College sits atop the leaderboard at 2-under but their second round was unable to be completed because of darkness.

THE ESSENTIALS
Event: The Savannah Invitational
Location: Savannah, Ga.
Host: Berry (Ga.) College
Course: The Club at Savannah Harbor (6,845 yards, par 72)
Team leaders: 1 – Guilford (286 and 2-under par through 17 holes), 2 – Methodist (290-287—577, +1), 3 – Piedmont College (289-289—578, +2)
Individual leaders: 1 – James Michoe, Guilford (65 and -11 through 17 holes), 2 – Cameron Starr, LaGrange College (73-65—138, -6), 3 – Two players tied at -4

DAY 1 NOTES

• The field of 16 teams and 80 golfers was scheduled to complete two rounds on Monday, with a single round of 18 concluding the Invitational on Tuesday.
• Monarch freshman Cooper Hrabak and Joseph Pritchard are tied for eighth place at 1-under par. Hrabak (72-71—143) carded birdies on Nos. 1, 4, 7 and 11 -- in both rounds Monday. Pritchard (70-73—143) collected birdies on Nos. 4, 11 and 16 in his opening round, then on Nos. 9 and 14 in the second.
• Pritchard's 26 pars are tied for the most in the field.
• Lurking just outside of the top 10 is Andre Chi (T-12th; 74-70—144, Even). Chi's nine birdies on the day are tied for the most within the field of 80 players. He knocked down five birdies in Round 1 before adding four more in Round 2.
• Within the top 25 on the individual leaderboard are seniors Henry Angier and Zane Brownrigg, tied for 23rd place.
• Angier (75-73—148, +4) was steadier in his second round Monday, playing through a bit of a roller-coaster opening round that included four birdies but five bogeys. Round 2 saw nearly twice as many (13) par putts drained. Meanwhile, Brownrigg collected five birdies over the two rounds.

THE FIELD

• Methodist is ranked No. 5 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll.
• Ranked teams joining the Monarchs in Savannah are No. 2 Huntingdon College, No. 6 Hampden-Sydney College, No. 7 Piedmont, No. 8 Guilford, No. 11 Greensboro College and No. 16 Oglethorpe (Ga.) University.

UP NEXT
The Invitational will conclude Tuesday with a single 18-hole round.