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Hootie at Bulls Bay

Thornberry Holds Share Of Lead At Bulls Bay
3/26/2017 | Men's Golf
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Sophomore Braden Thornberry and senior Ben Wolcott finished the opening round inside the top three to help No. 25 Ole Miss reach fourth place through 18 holes at Bulls Bay Sunday.
Thornberry rolled in six birdies and avoided bogies to post a first round score of 6-under par 66 for his 10th round in the 60s this season. The Olive Branch, Mississippi native birdied three of four 600-yard par 5s on the day and shares the lead with Keenan Huskey of South Carolina. After coming off his first career tournament victory, Ben Wolcott fired a 5-under par 67, good to tie for his career-best. Wolcott started his round with five-consecutive birdies to keep Ole Miss in contention for their fifth win of the season.
"Ben and Braden played great today," said head coach Chris Malloy. "They really kept us in it on a day when we did not have our best stuff as a team. I am confident that we will play great the next two days and give ourselves a chance to win."
Sophomore Josh Seiple carded four birdies and junior Kerry Sweeney added two as they both finished tied for 62nd at 3-over par 75. Senior Noah West finished 5-over 77 in the opening round. Ole Miss posted a first round score of 5-under par 283.
The Rebels trail third place No. 9 Virginia by two strokes. Georgia State leads the field at 11-under par 277.
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
T1. Thornberry - 66
T3. Wolcott - 67
T62. Seiple - 75
T62. Sweeney - 75
T72. West - 77
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Georgia State - 277
2. No. 31 South Carolina - 279
3. No. 9 Virginia - 281
4. No. 25 Ole Miss - 283
5. No. 23 Auburn - 284
6. No. 42 Purdue - 285
7. No. 47 Houston - 286
T8. No. 49 NC State - 287
T8. No. 36 Kentucky - 287
T8. No. 24 Missouri - 287
T11. Richmond - 288
T11. No. 39 Kansas - 288
13. Charleston, Coll. of - 290
14. Charleston Southern - 292
15. Wisconsin - 294