Clemson Tied for Second after First Round of Collegiate Invitational at Country Club of Birmingham
Clemson, S.C. Jacob Bridgeman fired a three-under-par 68 on Monday to lead fourth-ranked Clemson to a 291 team score and a tie for second place with Tennessee after the first round of the Collegiate Invitational @ Country Club of Birmingham. The 14-team tournament that includes seven of the top 25 teams in the nation, will run through Wednesday with the teams playing 18 holes per day.
One of the top regular-season tournaments of the season, the field includes nine SEC teams, the first time this year Clemson has played in a tournament against SEC teams. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held at Shoal Creek Golf Club in Birmingham, but a tornado did considerable damage to the course and knocked down over 1,500 trees.
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Three Tigers in Top 10 after Two Rounds of Valspar Collegiate
Clemson, SC Jacob Bridgeman, Turk Pettit and Colby Patton all shot 36-hole scores of three-under-par 139 on Monday to lead Clemson to a tie for sixth place out of 11 teams at the Valspar Collegiate at the Floridian Golf Course in Palm City, Florida. The field includes six of the top 10 teams in the nation.
Clemson had a team total of 563 on Monday, the same total as seventh-ranked Arizona State and 29
th ranked South Florida. Tenth-ranked SMU has the team lead at 551, followed by top-ranked Florida State at 554. Third-ranked Wake Forest is third at 556 and Ohio State is fourth at 558. Fourth-ranked Pepperdine is fourth at 560.
Penley Wins 80th Tournament of Career
Clemson, S.C. Jacob Bridgeman won his second tournament of the year and Colby Patton tied for the round of the day with a 67, leading Larry Penley and the Clemson golf team to the championship of the 15-team Palmetto Intercollegiate at the Palmetto Club in Aiken, S.C.
The victory was the 80
th of Penley’s career, just two short of the ACC record of 82 wins by former Wake Forest coach Jesse Haddock. It marked the fifth time in the last eight appearances and the 10
th time overall, Penley’s Tigers have won the Palmetto Intercollegiate.
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