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October 2, 2012

USC-Beaufort leads golf tournament at Kinderlou Forest

VALDOSTA — The golf team from the University of South Carolina at Beaufort leads the Thomas University Invitational by 10 strokes after the first day of play.

The college golf tournament, which is being played at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club, will conclude today. The golfers begin teeing off at 8 a.m.

USC-Beaufort shot a 285 on Monday. The Sand Sharks had two of the only four golfers to shoot rounds under par.

Southern Wesleyan is currently second at 295. Darton College’s A golf team is third at 298, followed by host Thomas University with a 299. Coastal College of Georgia sits in fifth at 301.

Webber International’s B team is sixth at 305, five strokes and three places ahead of its A team. Embry-Riddle is seventh (306), Southeastern University is eighth (308) and Webber’s A team is ninth (310). Georgetown College is 10th (311), Savannah College of Art and Design is 11th (315) and Darton’s B team is in 12th (318).

USC-Beaufort’s Brian Langley shot a 65 on Monday, and leads the individual standings by four strokes.

Matt Blackwell of Southern Wesleyan made a hole-in-one and shot a 69, and is tied for second with Dylan Freeman of Coastal College. Owen Bell of USC-Beaufort is fourth with a 71. Zach Moore of Southern Wesleyan, Parks Brown of Darton and John Kopsell of Embry-Riddle are tied for fifth at 72.

John Mark Stephenson, a former Valdosta High golfer now playing at Faulkner University, shot an 81 on Monday, while playing as an individual.

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