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Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
No. 2 Men's Golf in second place after first-round action at Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
10.21.2012 | Men's Golf
Oct. 21, 2012
WINDERMERE, Fla. -- The No. 2 Texas Men's Golf team began its title defense at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with an even-par 288 to finish the day in second place at Windermere Country Club. All-Americans Jordan Spieth and Cody Gribble paced the Longhorns with rounds of 68 and 69, respectively, and are tied for second and fourth places on the individual leaderboard.
The Longhorns' victory at last year's tournament marked their third of eight total team victories throughout the season, including the NCAA Championship. Spieth is the defending medalist.
Spieth's scorecard included five birdies (two, four, seven, 13 and 17) to just one bogey. Similarly, Gribble balanced a team-high six birdies (two, seven, nine, 10, 13, 17) with three bogeys (four, five, 15).
Junior Toni Hakula carded a 3-over 75 and is tied for 36th. Senior Julio Vegas and freshman Brandon Stone are tied for 45th with first-round scores of 76.
Top-ranked California (284) holds a four-stroke lead on the team leaderboard. Illinois is in third place at 3-over 291. The Bears' Michael Kim leads the field at 5-under 67.
UT is set to begin Monday's second round beginning at 8:40 a.m. Central on the first tee alongside Cal and Illinois.
Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
Windermere Country Club (par 72; 7,544 yards)
First-round Team Leaderboard
1. California - 284 (-4)
2. TEXAS - 288 (E)
3. Illinois - 291 (+3)
4. New Mexico - 293 (+5)
5. LSU - 294 (+6)
T6. Alabama - 296 (+8)
T6. UCF - 296 (+8)
T8. Florida - 297 (+9)
T8. TCU - 297 (+9)
T10. Texas Tech - 300 (+12)
T10. Arkansas - 300 (+12)
T10. North Florida - 300 (+12)
13. Vanderbilt - 303 (+15)
14. Augusta State -305 (+17)
15. Indiana - 306 (+18)
First-round Player Leaderboard
1. Michael Kim - 67 (-5)
T2. Jordan Spieth, Texas - 68 (-4)
T2. Michael Weaver, California - 68 (-4)
T4. Cody Gribble, Texas - 69 (-3)
T4. Taylor Moore, Arkansas - 69 (-3)
6. Brian Campbell, Illinois - 71 (-1)
T7. Nine players at even-par 72
Additional Texas Players
T36. Toni Hakula - 75 (+3)
T45. Julio Vegas - 76 (+4)
T45. Brandon Stone - 76 (+4)
