{"id":1516,"date":"2015-05-29T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2015-05-29T21:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T01:25:00","slug":"langdale-leads-tigers-on-day-one-of-ncaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/05\/29\/langdale-leads-tigers-on-day-one-of-ncaas\/","title":{"rendered":"Langdale Leads Tigers on Day One of NCAAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bradenton, Fla.\u2014Clemson sophomore Austin Langdale fired an even par 72\u00a0 to lead Clemson\u00a0 to a 306 team score during the first round of the NCAA National Tournament at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.\u00a0 Clemson is in 27th<\/sup> \u00a0place out of 30 teams after the first day with the 18 over team score.<\/p>\n

This was the first round of stroke play.\u00a0 The 30 teams will play 18 more holes on Saturday, then 18 on Sunday.\u00a0 After Sunday\u2019s play there will be a cut to the top 15 teams.\u00a0 After Monday\u2019s round there will be a cut to the top eight teams, who will then go into Match Play to determine the national champion.<\/p>\n

Clemson finished ahead of seventh ranked Stanford and 11th<\/sup> ranked Oklahoma on a tough day for scoring for all the teams.\u00a0 Only four players broke 70 and just 23 broke par.\u00a0 Only one team scored under par, Illinois with a -2 score of 286.\u00a0 The average score for the 156 players was 75.5.\u00a0 The nation\u2019s number-one player, Maverick McNealy of Stanford shot a 78.<\/p>\n

While Clemson is in 27th<\/sup> place, the Tigers are just eight shots off the 15-team cutline that will be made after the third round.<\/p>\n

Langdale was the only Clemson golfer to break 77.\u00a0 Double bogeys, something that has not been a problem for a team that entered the national event with a team average of 71.38, was the biggest factor.\u00a0 For the first time all year all five Clemson players made at least one double bogey and the Tigers had nine total, seven by counting players.<\/p>\n

The par 72 course is 7483 yards in length, the fifth longest course Clemson has played in its history.\u00a0 In addition to Langdale\u2019s 72, Billy Kennerly had a 77, Miller Capps a 77, Stephen Behr an 80 and Cody Proveaux an 81.\u00a0 It was the highest score of the year for all but Langdale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played scared,\u201d said Clemson Head Coach Larry Penley.\u00a0 \u201cI saw some shots out there that I had not seen all year.\u00a0\u00a0 We have to play better tomorrow.\u00a0 Good players have short memories and we (four of the five players) have to forget about this round tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest factor was we didn\u2019t handle the greens.\u00a0 We putted poorly early and it affected us.\u00a0 We had some opportunities and didn\u2019t convert.\u00a0 These are tough greens no doubt about it, but we have to play more aggressive tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clemson players missed five birdie putts of seven feet or less over the first six holes.\u00a0 The only player who rolled in a long putt was Capps, who made a 25-footer for birdie on the 12th<\/sup> hole, his third hole of the day.<\/p>\n

Clemson played the first nine holes in seven over par, but that was encouraging since the back nine was consider the most difficult nine. Most figured a team score of 300 would be average given the length of the course.\u00a0 At the end of the day, it was.\u00a0 \u00a0But, Clemson played the front nine in 11-over-par to finish with a +18 team score, nine shots higher than any round they had recorded all year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Langdale had four birdies, a double bogey and two bogeys in scoring even par 72, tied for 24th<\/sup> in the field of 156 golfers..\u00a0 He made a double bogey on the 18th<\/sup> hole (ninth of the day) then came back with a pair of birdies thanks to short putts on the first and second holes.\u00a0\u00a0 He closed with a birdie when he hit his approach shot on the ninth hole to four feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin was a bright spot.\u00a0 He played well, but he did bogey a pair of par five holes and missed some short putts.\u00a0 He three putted one hole from eight feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy point there is we left a lot of strokes out there.\u00a0 Austin could have had a lower score and the others did the same. \u00a0We can\u2019t count an 80 if we are going to challenge for the 15 team cutline on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe earned our way to this tournament, but we just didn\u2019t play like it today.\u00a0 We can\u2019t play scared and hopefully we won\u2019t tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Clemson will play with Florida and Duke in the late wave of teams on Saturday.\u00a0 The Tigers first player will tee off at 2 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 The average round for Clemson\u2019s five players today was\u00a0 five hours and 42 minutes.<\/p>\n

Scores are available through golfstat.com. through clemsontigers.com<\/p>\n

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