Men's Golf in Second After Opening Day of ConCan Tournament

ConCan, Texas – The Trinity Tigers men’s golf team is in second place, by five strokes, after Monday’s first round of the TLU ConCan Intercollegiate Classic.

Trinity shot an opening-day 312 at the par-72 course at The Club at ConCan. Mary Hardin-Baylor is the leader, at 307.  The Tigers lead Concordia (316), McMurry and Schreiner (318), host Texas Lutheran (319), Southwestern (321), Sterling (324), Texas-Dallas (325), Hardin-Simmons (330), 11 Mississippi College (331), LeTourneau (346), and Texas A&M International (347).

Tiger sophomore Ryan Barry of Del Mar, Calif. (Torrey Pines); and first-year Warren Taylor of Newton, Pa. (Peddie); each shot a 5-over-par 77. The two Trinity players are part of a four-way tie for eighth place.

Three Trinity golfers are tied for 14th, with 7-over 79s: senior Jonathan Alden of Austin, Texas (Westlake); senior Chase Clayton of Bakersfield, Calif. (Garces Memorial); and Geoffrey Setiawan of Jakarta, Indonesia (International Community School).

Texas Lutheran’s Andrew Long, and Garrison Nordt of Mary Hardin-Baylor, are tied for the lead with 1-over 73s.

The tournament concludes Tuesday with a final 18 holes.