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Day One in the Books, No. 2 Men's Golf in First

4/28/2025 7:44:00 PM

By: Michael Spratt

SPARTANBURG, S.C.  No. 2-ranked Methodist University men's golf leads the 2025 USA South Men's Golf Championships following the first round on Monday, as the Monarchs scored a three-under-par 285.

JUST THE FACTS
Event: 2025 USA South Men's Golf Championship
Course: Carolina Country Club (Par 72, 6,780 yds.)
Top teams: 1 – Methodist (285; -3), 2 – Southern Virginia University (295; +7), 3 – Greensboro College (307; +19)
Top individuals: T1 – Haden Ruby, Methodist (69; -3), T1 – Nikko Taggart, SVU (69; -3), 3 – Caleb Ryan, Methodist (71; -1)

OPENING ROUND

  • In a tie for first, individually, Haden Ruby shot a three-under 69 in the first round. He combated two bogeys and a double bogey with three birdies on the back nine, for one-over, before going on cruise control during his time on the front nine, making four birdies and five pars.
  • Caleb Ryan, the defending 2024 individual champion, was the only other golfer to post a sub-par score in the opening round, 71 (-1). Four birdies on the back nine had him at four-under heading into the turn, but then on the front nine, a pair of bogeys and a double bogey, along with another birdie, tripped him up some.
  • Aiden Spampinato was just one of two golfers to make even par, 72, which put him in a tie for fourth. He erased a bogey and double bogey with three birdies on the back nine, then paring the entire front nine.
  • Sitting one stroke behind Spampinato, Chase Walts sits in a tie for sixth after posting a one-over-par 73. He had a little bit of a rough start as he made three bogeys across his first six holes, but he managed to lower his score down to a one-under, with four birdies during the next six. Another hiccup on holes 5 and 6, double bogey and bogey, respectively, put him at two-over until he made one final birdie on hole 8.
  • Beau Brewer rounds out the Monarch's starting five, and he is in 12th with a score of four-over 76. After dropping a birdie on his third hole of the round, he added a triple bogey and two bogeys to his scorecard, on the back nine. He would go even on the front nine, making three birdies, a bogey, and a double bogey.

UP NEXT
The USA South championship continues on Tuesday, April 28, with the second round. The first Methodist golfer is scheduled to tee off at 9:50 AM.
    

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