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Men's Golf opens play at SAC Championships

Orangeburg, S.C. – The Catawba College Men's Golf Team opened play at the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship on Sunday, carding a +23, 303 in the first round at the Orangeburg Country Club to stand T-9th going into Monday 

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Luke Nelson finished the opening round T-20th with a solid +4, 74 start thanks to a pair of +2, 36 halves on the first 18 holes. He notched a birdie on the first hole to begin the day, before adding five pars during the rest of the front-nine. Masterton was locked to start the back-nine, sinking seven straight pars before a pair of bogeys dropped his score over the frame to +2 

  • Paul Esnault ended Sunday T-27 as he carded a +5, 75. Esnault endured a difficult start, struggling out of the game with a +7, 41 over the first nine holes. But he found his footing at the midway point, posting an outstanding -2, 34 over the back-nine with three birdies and five pars for some of the best golf played by anyone on the day 

  • Connor Carter closed the first round T-36th with a +7, 77 ledger after the first 18 holes. He started well with six pars and a +3, 37 on the front-nine and followed it with a birdie and four pars over the back stretch, though a tricky final two holes led to a +4, 40 over the last nine holes.  

  • Justin Nagy will also be heading into Monday sitting at +7, 77 and T-36th. Similar to Carter, Nagy posted a +3, 37 start thanks to a birdie and four pars before logging a +4, 40 back-nine that featured six pars over the first seven holes before he also ran into trouble over the final two 

  • Ryan Masterton ended the opening round T-49th with a score of +9, 79. He notched four pars over the front-nine in a +5, 39 start before adding a birdie and four more pars over the final six holes as part of a +4, 40 final stretch on the day  

 

NOTES 

  • As a team, Catawba would end Sunday sixth-best on Par 4's, thanks to a +13/4.22 average 

  • Catawba's overall mark of 48 pars ranked fifth-most among all teams in the first round  

  • Nelson's average of E/4.00 on Par 4's was tied for eighth-best among individuals, as were his 12 pars  

  • Esnault's three birdies were tied for ninth-most over the opening round   

 

WHAT'S NEXT 

The Catawba College Men's Golf team is back in action on Monday, April 22nd as they return to the Orangeburg Golf Club for the second round of the 2024 SAC Men's Golf Championships  

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