Men's Golf | 9/26/2022 9:47:00 PM

GREENSBORO, N.C.  Methodist men's golf team posted a tournament-leading total after the first of Monday's two rounds at the gate City Invitational at the Starmount Forest Country Club. The team scored a 1-under par 567 after shooting a 281 in round one and a 286 in round two.

Two Methodist golfers, Beau Brewer (70-70-140, -2) and Will Campbell (69-72-141, -1), are in the top 10 of the individual leaderboard, Brewer at 2-under in a tie for fourth with Campbell in a tie for seventh, one-under.

JUST THE FACTS
Event: Gate City Invitational(two days, 54 holes)
Host: Greensboro College
Course: Starmount Forest Country Club (Par 71 – 6,682 yards)
Top teams: 1 – Methodist (281-286-567, -1), 2 – Guilford College (283-287-570, +2), 3 – Emory University (286-287-573, +5)
Top individuals: 1 – Michael Vick, Guilford College (68-65-133, 9 under), 2 – Fred Roberts IV, Piedmont University (66-70-136, -6), 3 – Carson Castelli, Greensboro (69-70-136, -3)
 
DAY 1 NOTES

• Methodist got off to a great start, posting what would end up as the low round of the day with a 3-under 281, two shots up on Emory.
• In Round 2, Methodist held on to the lead but only slightly by one stroke ahead of Guildford and Emory.
• Brewer and Campbell were steady visitors within the top 10 all day. Campbell's two-under opening round had him near the top, just one stroke ahead of Brewer.
• Brewer carded four birdies and an eagle in his first tournament as a Monarch, following up with three birdies in the second round to score another one-under 70.
• Along with Brewer, Campbell carded four birdies on the first 18, and four birdies on the second, but five bogeys would counter the birdies, giving him a one-over 72 to drop a few places from the top.
• Almost cracking the top 10 was Jonny Lewis (70-72-142, E) who finished the day tied for 12^th. A solid performance in the opening round set him two-under after carding three birdies on the back nine. The second round witnessed a clean card until marking a bogey on hole two to finish one-over, and even on the day.
• Cameron Cappuzzo (72-72-144, +2) had a rocky start to his opening round, beginning on hole three with a bogey, which followed with four more bogeys. In an attempt to make up for it on the back nine, Cappuzzo registered four birdies to bring his score back down to a one-over 72. Round two saw similar action from Cappuzzo who finished the round with another one-over 72 for a 17^th place tie.
• The fifth Monarch on the board was Chase Walts who dropped in with a tie in 71^st after carding a 12-over 154 on the two rounds. After a tough first 18, Walts bumped up 11 places with his two-over 73 score in the second round.

UP NEXT
The tournament concludes Tuesday with an 8 a.m. shotgun start for the final round.