The Missouri Western men’s golf team sits in a tie for 4th place after day one of the Missouri Intercollegiate Golf Championships which is being held in Sunrise Beach, Mo. at The Club at Porto Cima. The Griffons are tied with Central Missouri firing a 313 which is one stroke back of Columbia College (312) and six strokes back of Missouri Southern (307). The leader of the event is William Woods with a day one total of 301.

Individually the Griffons had one player in the top ten. Weston Apple a junior college transfer from Iowa Western leads MWSU with a 76 which puts him in a tie for 8th. Sophomore’s, Scott Sheldon and James O’Brian are in a tie for 15th and 27th firing 77 and 79 respectively. Derek Hawkins and Tyler Gast fired 81 and 83 respectively. Julian Taylor of William Woods leads the way with a 71 which is two stokes better than Mike Wilson of Columbia College.

MWSU sits one stroke better then William Woods 2 and Drury University and four strokes better than Sioux Falls University who sits in 8th. There are 16 teams in the event.

The Griffons will play the final round of the championship tomorrow, Wednesday, September 5th.

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