Van De Neste Tied for First Place After First Day of Home Golf Tournament

Bristol, Tenn. – The King University Golf teams started the first day of their home King Invitational this morning. On the Men's side, Tibo Van de Neste had a strong opening round for the Tornado, shooting five under to put him tied for first place. The Women's side was led by Celia Mendez, who is currently in 25^th place with an 82.
 
Men's Golf:
The King A team is currently sitting in second place, four under par as a group, with three athletes under par. They are four strokes behind first-place Shorter, who is eight under.
 
The Tornado are led by Vetle Saether and Deagan Erfmann, who are both three under with scores of 67, tied for sixth place. Saether had a bogey on the second hole and would focus in for the rest of the round, earning five birdies. Erfmann had a rough second hole with a double bogey but would bounce back the rest of the round, having seven birdies.
 
Carter Myers is also on the "A" team, where he shot one under with a score of 69, having six birdies and one eagle.
 
The King B team is tied for seventh place, currently shooting eight over as a team. Van de Neste is currently shooting the best for all King athletes with a 65 and five under par, currently in first place overall.
 
Rudy Bland had a strong round after a tough first hole, shooting a bogey; he would go on to have three birdies with a score of 69 for one under.
 
T1 | Van de Neste- 65 | (-5)
T6 | Saether- 67 | (-3)
T6 | Erfmann- 67 | (-3)
T10 | Myers- 69 | (-1)
T10 | Bland- 69 | (-1)
T29 | Grady Kent- 73 | (+3)
T38 | Lloyd Huges- 74 | (+4)
T44 | Maxim Sertijn- 75 | (+5)
T44 | Oak Murray- 75 | (+5)
48 | Nathan Hopley- 76 | (+6)
T53| Garrett Wellman- 78 | (+8)
T53 | Johnathan Hedley- 78 | (+8)
T57 | Tyler Sayers- 79 | (+9)
61 | Braxton Avery- 80 | (+10)
 
 
Women's Golf:
The Tornado were led by Mendez, who was able to shoot an 82, which had her currently in 25^th place. She was able to have one birdie during the round and looks to move up the leaderboard tomorrow.
 
MaKenna Debord shot an 85, which is 14 over, which has her tied for 34^th place. Carolina Calzada is tied for 48^th place and shot a 90.
 
T25 | Mendez- 82 | (+11)
T34 | Debord - 85 | (+14)
T48 | Calzada - 90 | (+19)
58 | Baker- 103 | (+32)
 
Up Next: King will finish the second day of action tomorrow morning for the final round of the invite.