Scalise Leads Field, Vols in Third After Day One at Southwestern Invitational

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Scalise Leads Field, Vols in Third After Day One at Southwestern Invitational

February 26, 2018 | Men's Golf

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Senior Lorenzo Scalise leads the 78-player field, and the Tennessee men's golf team has sole possession of third place after one-and-a-half rounds at the Southwestern Invitational.

The 15 participating teams were scheduled to play two rounds on day one of the tournament, but a two-hour frost delay in the morning postponed the start of play. The delay resulted in the team only getting in one-and-half rounds each after round two competition was suspended early due to darkness.

The tournament is being played at North Ranch Country Club on the 6,992-yard, par-72 Lakes & Oaks Course.

The Vols stand alone in third place, carding a 14-over on day one. Just two strokes behind Tennessee in fourth place is Washington State at 16-over, while San Diego State is in fifth at 17-over. No. 22 UCLA, at 3-over after day one, leads the field. Host-school Pepperdine is 7-over and in second-place.

Through 27 holes, Scalise stands at 5-under with eight birdies on the day. Scalise was helped by a strong first round in which he shot a 5-under 67, then stayed even on the back nine of round two.

Also in the top 10 for Tennessee is sophomore Brayden Garrison, currently tied for eighth-place at 1-over. Garrison made it through 26 holes on day one, carding five birdies of his own.

Tennessee's third-best scoring golfer on day one, redshirt freshman Sean Wilcox, carded a 9-over through 27 holes to position himself in a tie for 49th-place.

Freshman Chase Roswall stood at 11-over through a team-high 28 holes to check in with a tie for 61st place.

Tennessee's third competing freshman, Spencer Cross, came in at 77th overall through 27 holes on day one.

Play will resume Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern. The golfers will begin play from where they were when round two was suspended on Monday evening.