Mercer University
Bandon Dunes Championship
Men's Golf 11th After Two Rounds of the Bandon Dunes Championship
3/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
BANDON DUNES, Ore. – Competing as an individual, freshman Mookie DeMoss torched the Bandon Dunes Course to the tune of a three-under 69 in Friday's opening round of the Bandon Dunes Championship. After 36 holes of play on Friday, the Bears sit in 11th place with a two-round total of 615.
Sophomores Matt Kocolowski and Thomas Holmes each booked scores of 152 in the opening 36 holes to lead Mercer's team participants.
No. 27 Washington leads the field with a score of 566, while No. 4 Florida trails the Huskies by eight strokes and occupies second place. No. 37 Oregon (581) is slotted third while No. 40 Oregon State and Colorado each own scores of 588 and are tied for fourth place.
"The wind actually let up this morning and we just didn't take advantage of it," Mercer head coach Andrew Tredway said. "We got off to a rough start and just never recovered."
Mercer trails 10th place Loyola Marymount by a single stroke with 18 holes to play.
"We are definitely a better team than that," Tredway said. "Our guys know that and we expect to play better tomorrow."
The 6,798-yard venue, located on Oregon's Pacific Coast, presented an unfamiliar challenge for Mercer's competitors.
DeMoss was one of just five players in the 90-golfer field to break 70 in either round on Friday. Following his stellar round one performance, the Duluth, Ga. product needed 80 strokes his second round of competition and is part of a six-way tie for 31st place individually.
Kocolowski and Holmes battled their way to mirroring scores of 77 and 75 in the opening two rounds of the competition. For their efforts, the Mercer sophomores are part of a six-way tie for 44th place individually.
Junior Josh Cone fired an even-par 72 in the first round before adding 10 strokes to that total in his second 18 holes. Cone's day-one total of 154 gives him sole possession of 54th place overall.
Sophomore John Gregory Joseph turned in scores of 77 and 80 and is tied for 66th place while freshman Hans Reimers took 164 swings (79-85) on Friday and is tied for 84th place overall.
The final round of action begins Saturday at 8 a.m. Pacific time. Visit www.golfstat.com for live scoring of the event.
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