ANDOVER, Kan. — The Concordia-St. Paul men's golf team completed the first two rounds of play at the Newman Fall Invite this afternoon. CSP shot a collective 308 (+24) in round one and a 301 (+17) in round two to card a 609 (+41) across both rounds, ending the day in a tie for 14th place.
Tyler Gandrud led the way for CSP with a 75 (+4) in round one, before shooting a 72 (+1) in round two for a 36 hole score of 147 (+5), ending the afternoon in a tie for 20th place. Gandrud tallied two birdies in round one, before turning in one of his best rounds of the season later in the day. The junior racked up a total of 17 pars in round two, while dropping just one shot.
Senior Josh Esterley ended the day in a tie for 52nd place, with rounds of 77 (+6) and 75 (+4) for a two round score of 152 (+10). Esterley notched a total of five birdies across both rounds, three of which came in round one. The seniors best stretch of play came on the front nine of round two where he tallied two birdies without putting a bogey on the scorecard to shoot a 34 at the turn.
Ending the afternoon in a tie for 52nd place with Esterley is Carson Boe who recorded two rounds of 76 (+5) to get to 152 (+10) through 36 holes of play. Boe mixed in three birdies across both rounds while adding in 21 pars.
Brennan Weckwerth was CSP's final scorer with rounds of 80 (+9) and 78 (+7) to card a 158 (+16) and end the afternoon in a tie for 79th place. Sean Leuthner rounded things out for the Golden Bears with rounds of 80 (+9) and 79 (+8) for a two round score of 159 (+17), ending the day in a tie for 82nd place.
Leutner's highlight of the afternoon came on hole 18 where he notched an eagle on the 556 yard, par five.
Central Oklahoma finished the day in the team lead with a score of 578 (+10) across both rounds to hold a three stroke lead over second place Washburn.
Austen Muller of Pittsburg State sits in the individual lead through 36 holes with a two round score of 138 (-4) and a two stroke lead.
The third and final round of play at the Newman Fall Invite gets underway tomorrow morning at the Terradyne Country Club in Andover, Kansas.
