Arizona Intercollegiate Day 1 Results 
Feb. 2, 2009
The UNM Men’s Golf team finished its first day of competition at the Arizona Intercollegiate tournament tied for 13th place with fellow Mountain West Conference member Brigham Young at +20.
Tournament officials suspended play at sundown with the Lobos with between 12-15 holes into the second and final round of the day. UNM will resume second-round play Tuesday Morning at 8:00 a.m. MST.
Lobos Steve Saunders and Tom Carlson both shot +5 for the day and are tied for 37th place. Teammates Nick Geyer and James Erkenbeck are only one shot behind at +6, while Jon Sauer rounds out the five-member team having shot +9 thus far. Parker Pemberton (+9) and James Gehrke (+16) are playing as individuals and round out UNM’s participants.
Pepperdine currently sits atop the team leaderboard at -4, with last year’s champion, Tennessee, in second place at even par. Tulsa and San Diego State are tied for third place at +4.
Coastal Carolina’s Zack Byrd holds the individual lead at -8, followed by the University of Tennessee’s Chris Paisley (-6), Pepperdine’s Andrew Putnam (-5), Tennessee’s Darren Renwick (-4) and SDSU’s Matt Hoffenberg (-3).
The 54-hole Arizona Intercollegiate concludes tomorrow at Arizona National GolfClub, a par 71, 6,793-yard layout.