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EDMOND, Okla. — The University of New Mexico men’s golf team got off to a great start Friday at The Maxwell hosted by the University of Oklahoma.
The Lobos sit in ninth place with a team score of 9-over mark of 569 (280-289), and sits alone in second place, two shots behind Oklahoma State.
Two Lobos sit inside the tournament’s top 10, while two others finished inside the top 15.
Sean Carlon sat atop the leaderboard after the first 18 holes of competition. His opening score of 66 tied for the lowest round on the day. He struggled somewhat through the afternoon, and eventually finished in a seven-way tie for 7th at 2-over 142. His day included nine total birdies, and a 4.00 par-4 scoring average, both good for the most in the field. He also carried the third-lowest par-3 scoring average (3.13).
Andre Garcia joins Carlon as part of the group tied at 7th overall. Garcia’s day was marked by consistency, and included two separate streaks of back-to-back birdies. He also joined Carlon in the overall par-3 scoring average, he also carried the third-lowest par-4 scoring average in the field (4.08).
After a difficult morning session, Andrej Bevins recovered nicely. He shaved eight strokes off his morning total, tallying a two-under 68 en route to finishing with the second-lowest par-3 scoring average and top-5 par-4 scoring performance. Bevins currently sits as part of a five-way tie for 15th at 4-over 144.
Joining Bevins as part of the quintet at 4-over is Samuel Kim, who recorded five total birdies on the day, and the lone eagle for the Lobos. Kim carded the best par-5 scoring performance in the field today, playing the holes in 4-under fashion (4.00).
Rounding out the list of Lobo competitors is Gustavo Morantes. His opening day performance landed him as part of a five-way tie for 42nd at 9-over 149 overall. On the day, Morantes carded seven birdies on the day, but struggled to find rhythm throughout the day. In spite of all this, he still was able to record the second-lowest par-5 scoring average in the field (4.25).
Despite the windy conditions in the afternoon portion of the competition, the Lobos still put together a solid statistical performance. UNM tallied the lowest cumulative par-3 scoring average (3.13), the most birdies (33) and third-lowest par-4 (4.20) and par-5 (4.60).
Host Oklahoma sits two shots back of UNM to round out the tournament’s top-3 teams.
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