The Missouri Western men’s golf team sits in 11th place after day one of the MWSU Invitational which is being held at the St. Joseph Country Club in St. Joseph, Mo. The Griffons fired 601 (306-295) which is one stroke back of Winona State and two strokes back of Augustana (S.D.). The leader of the event is Central Oklahoma with a 566 (283-283) which is 17 strokes ahead of Arkansas Tech University who fired a 583 (303-280).

Tyler Gast leads the charge for the Griffons firing a 145 (71-74) putting him in a tie for 9th place. Weston Apple is in a tie for 36th with a 150 (79-71) while Scott Sheldon, Derek Hawkins and James O’Brien fired 152 (78-74), 154 (78-76) and 158 (80-78) respectively.

Eric Kline of Central Oklahoma is in first place firing a 137 (67-70) which is five strokes ahead of teammate Russ Puser, Northeastern State’s Zach Tucker and Missouri Southern State’s Ryan Burek.

The final round of the event will be a shotgun start tomorrow morning at 9:00 am.

— MWSU Sports Information —