TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati juniors Clay Amlung (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier HS) and Joe McCarthy (Cincinnati, Ohio/DePaul/St. Xavier HS) are both tied for 16th place at even par 72-70=142 after Monday's first two rounds of the Bearcat Invitational at Coldstream Country Club.
Final-round action begins Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. Admission is free. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
Amlung hovered around even par or 1-over during the morning round. He shot 2-under on the back nine during the afternoon round to finish the day at even par. He recorded eight birdies on the day.
McCarthy, who is playing his first tournament as a Bearcat unattached from the team score, was never more than 1-over on the day and posted seven birdies.
Redshirt sophomore Mason Lenhart (Prospect, Ky./North Oldham HS) and junior Nicolas Osterburg (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian HS) sit two strokes back of Amlung and MCarthy, tied for 24th place, at 2-over 72-72=144.
Redshirt-freshman Jack Kunkel (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview HS) is tied for 32nd place at 3-over 145.
As a team, the Bearcats are fifth at 7-over 287-288=575. Louisville leads the 13-team field at 22-under 272-274=546.
Louisville's John Murphy sits atop the leaderboard at 9-under 67-66=133.
Along with McCarthy, three other Bearcats are playing in the event unattached from the team score. In his first collegiate event, freshman Cole Harris (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS) is tied for 32nd place at 3-over 75-70=145. Redshirt-junior Andy Mayhew (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood HS) is tied for 53rd place at 6-over 72-76=148. Redshirt-sophomore Tommy Sullinger (Sylvania, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit HS), who is also playing in his first college tournament, is tied for 60th place at 8-over 76-74=150.
// QUOTING HEAD COACH DOUG MARTIN
On the first day of the Bearcat Invitational:
"It was very important to drive the ball in the fairway today. If you didn't, you had to be pretty defensive into a lot of the greens just because of the speed and the firmness of the greens. Louisville played great today. What a performance.
"We had a good day. Nobody was more than 2-under and nobody was more than 2-over for the whole day. We just didn't have that explosive round. The afternoon round was very similar to what we did in the morning. Nobody really got it 3- or 4-under par, which was needed today.
"As far as the way we played and the way we executed shots, I was very pleased with how we did that today.
"It will be important to come out tomorrow and be very aggressive, hit high quality shots and give ourselves some looks early in the round to see if we can build some momentum to create an opportunity to have a really good finish."
// BEARCATS' PLAYER RESULTS
T16 – Clay Amlung 72-70=142 (E)
T24 – Mason Lenhart 72-72=144 (+2)
T24 – Nicolas Osterburg 72-72=144 (+2)
T32 – Jack Kunkel 71-74=145 (+3)
T45 – Sam Jean 73-74=147 (+5)
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T16 – Joe McCarthy (Indv.) 72-70=142 (E)
T32 – Cole Harris (Indv.) 75-70=145 (+3)
T53 – Andy Mayhew (Indv.) 72-76=148 (+6)
T60 – Tommy Sullinger (Indv.) 76-74=150 (+8)
// TEAM STANDINGS
1 – Louisville 272-274=546 (-22)
2 – Arkansas 281-278=559 (-9)
3 – Penn State 283-282=565 (-3)
4 – Kentucky 290-279=569 +1
5 – Cincinnati 287-288=575 (+7)
6 – Illinois State 288-288=576 (+8)
7 – Louisiana Tech 289-288=577 (+9)
T8 – Wisconsin 289-290=579 (+11)
T8 – Miami University (Ohio) 289-290=579 (+11)
10 – Middle Tennessee St. 290-291=581 (+13)
T11 – Lamar University 294-291=585 (+17)
T11 – Southern Illinois 295-290=585 (+17)
13 – Xavier 293-303=596 (+28)
Final-round action begins Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. Admission is free. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
Amlung hovered around even par or 1-over during the morning round. He shot 2-under on the back nine during the afternoon round to finish the day at even par. He recorded eight birdies on the day.
McCarthy, who is playing his first tournament as a Bearcat unattached from the team score, was never more than 1-over on the day and posted seven birdies.
Redshirt sophomore Mason Lenhart (Prospect, Ky./North Oldham HS) and junior Nicolas Osterburg (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian HS) sit two strokes back of Amlung and MCarthy, tied for 24th place, at 2-over 72-72=144.
Redshirt-freshman Jack Kunkel (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview HS) is tied for 32nd place at 3-over 145.
As a team, the Bearcats are fifth at 7-over 287-288=575. Louisville leads the 13-team field at 22-under 272-274=546.
Louisville's John Murphy sits atop the leaderboard at 9-under 67-66=133.
Along with McCarthy, three other Bearcats are playing in the event unattached from the team score. In his first collegiate event, freshman Cole Harris (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS) is tied for 32nd place at 3-over 75-70=145. Redshirt-junior Andy Mayhew (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood HS) is tied for 53rd place at 6-over 72-76=148. Redshirt-sophomore Tommy Sullinger (Sylvania, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit HS), who is also playing in his first college tournament, is tied for 60th place at 8-over 76-74=150.
// QUOTING HEAD COACH DOUG MARTIN
On the first day of the Bearcat Invitational:
"It was very important to drive the ball in the fairway today. If you didn't, you had to be pretty defensive into a lot of the greens just because of the speed and the firmness of the greens. Louisville played great today. What a performance.
"We had a good day. Nobody was more than 2-under and nobody was more than 2-over for the whole day. We just didn't have that explosive round. The afternoon round was very similar to what we did in the morning. Nobody really got it 3- or 4-under par, which was needed today.
"As far as the way we played and the way we executed shots, I was very pleased with how we did that today.
"It will be important to come out tomorrow and be very aggressive, hit high quality shots and give ourselves some looks early in the round to see if we can build some momentum to create an opportunity to have a really good finish."
// BEARCATS' PLAYER RESULTS
T16 – Clay Amlung 72-70=142 (E)
T24 – Mason Lenhart 72-72=144 (+2)
T24 – Nicolas Osterburg 72-72=144 (+2)
T32 – Jack Kunkel 71-74=145 (+3)
T45 – Sam Jean 73-74=147 (+5)
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T16 – Joe McCarthy (Indv.) 72-70=142 (E)
T32 – Cole Harris (Indv.) 75-70=145 (+3)
T53 – Andy Mayhew (Indv.) 72-76=148 (+6)
T60 – Tommy Sullinger (Indv.) 76-74=150 (+8)
// TEAM STANDINGS
1 – Louisville 272-274=546 (-22)
2 – Arkansas 281-278=559 (-9)
3 – Penn State 283-282=565 (-3)
4 – Kentucky 290-279=569 +1
5 – Cincinnati 287-288=575 (+7)
6 – Illinois State 288-288=576 (+8)
7 – Louisiana Tech 289-288=577 (+9)
T8 – Wisconsin 289-290=579 (+11)
T8 – Miami University (Ohio) 289-290=579 (+11)
10 – Middle Tennessee St. 290-291=581 (+13)
T11 – Lamar University 294-291=585 (+17)
T11 – Southern Illinois 295-290=585 (+17)
13 – Xavier 293-303=596 (+28)