PINEHURST, N.C.  Through two rounds at the 2026 Tiger Invitational, the Methodist men's golf team leads the field at nine strokes under par. The Monarchs made a late push in the second round, cutting six strokes off their team score across their final nine holes of the day.

THE ESSENTIALS
Event: The Tiger Invitational
Location: Forest Creek Golf Club North Course (Par 72 ­­– 6,952); Pinehurst, North Carolina
Top teams: 1 – Methodist (286-281–567, -9), 2 – Huntingdon College (291-279–570, -6), 3 – Carnegie Mellon University (287-287–574, -2)
Top individuals: 1 – Kevin Mu, Emory University (68-69–137, -7), T2 – Beau Brewer, Methodist (68-71–139, -5), T2 – Three others (-5)


FIRST TWO ROUNDS

• With a team-best opening round, Beau Brewer shot four-under par through the first 18, sinking six birdies including a stretch of four in a row. Despite sitting at +2 through the first five holes of the second round, Brewer managed to finish the round one stroke under par. He sits in a four-way tie for second place at –5 entering the final round.
• Todd Moyer's first round was nearly blemish free after he started the day with a bogey. He ended with two birdies in his final six holes to make his round score one–under par. In the next round, Moyer was rolling at four-under par entering his last two holes, but back-to-back bogeys dropped him to –2, with a two-round score of -3 that has him tied for seventh.
• Haden Ruby's three first-round birdies were canceled out by four bogeys along the way, but he bounced back in the second round, matching Moyer at two strokes under par. His only hiccup was a bogey on the first hole of the round, and from there he kept it clean to finish the day tied for 11th at –1.
• Jonny Lewis was the only Monarch to start the day with a birdie, but midway through the round he hit a slump, bogeying four holes in a row. He still managed to finish the first round at just one stroke over par, but round two was less kind to him. Lewis finished the second round at four-over par, entering the final round with a score of +6.
• An up and down day for William Plageman began with back-to-back bogeys, followed by the team's only eagle of the afternoon. A pair of double bogeys near the midway point of the round canceled out the birdies he achieved, bringing his opening-round score to +3. After the first 18, Plageman settled in, reducing his errors to just two bogeys in the second round compared to his four birdies. His +1 entering the final round put him tied for 25th on the player leaderboard.

UP NEXT
The Monarchs will play the final round of The Tiger Invitational on Tuesday, teeing off at 9 a.m.