Grayson Leads Akron at 22nd annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate

Monday, March 11

Palmetto Golf Course | Aiken, S.C.

36 Holes

University of Akron

Palmetto Intercollegiate

Grayson Leads Akron at 22nd annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate

March 11 | Men's Golf

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Aiken, S.C. – The Akron Zips men's golf team carded rounds of 298 (+18) and 288 (+8) en route to a 586 (+26) two-round total at the 22nd annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate hosted by South Carolina Aiken on Monday.

Senior Elliott Grayson (Shelby, N.C.) leads Akron's scoring with a pair of 71 (+1) scores at the par-70, 6,617-yard Palmetto golf course. His 142 (+2) 36-hole total is currently tied for 21^st overall.

Junior Mitchell McFarland (Wheelersburg, Ohio) follows with a 3-over 143 two-round total. McFarland carded rounds of 72 (+2) and 71 (+1) and is tied for 28^th overall.

Redshirt freshmen Beau Bayerl (Ashland, Ohio) and freshman Ignacio Puente (Seville, Spain) mirrored eachothers performance with 78 (+8) first round scores and 73 (+3) round two tallies for a pair of 151 (+11) ledgers. Bayerl and Puente are tied for 68^th on the leaderboard.

Rounding out the Zips scoring was sophomore Fabian Sunden (Sweden) with a 77-79 – 156 (+16) total.

South Carolina is leading the team scoring with a 23-under par 537 performance. The Gamecocks built a 17 stroke advantage as Virginia is second with a 282-272 - 554 (-6) team total.

The final round is set to begin with a shotgun start on Tuesday, March 12 at 9 a.m. with Akron teeing off from holes 13-15. Fans can follow the action live via GolfStat Live Scoring.

T13 Akron, U. of (+26) 298-288 - 586
T21 Elliott Grayson (+2) 71-71 - 142
T28 Mitchell McFarland (+3) 72-71 - 143
T68 Beau Bayerl (+11) 78-73 - 151
T68 Ignacio Puente (+11) 78-73 - 151
85 Fabian Sundén (+16) 77-79 – 156

Top 5 Teams
1 South Carolina 268-269 – 537 (-23)
2 Virginia 282-272 - 554 (-6)
3 Clemson 284-277 - 561 (+1)
4 UAB 282-282 - 564 (+4)
5 Memphis, U. of 283-282 - 565 (+5)

Top 5 Players
1 Will Miles South Carolina 64-65 - 129 (-11)
2 Ryan Stachler South Carolina 69-65 - 134 (-6)
3 Bryson Nimmer Clemson 67-68 - 135 (-5)
T4 William Walker, III UAB 64-72 - 136 (-4)
T4 Jimmie Massie Virginia 71-65 - 136 (-4)