MAC Championships: Puente, Bayerl Leads Akron’s First-Round Scoring

Saturday, April 27

Club Walden | Aurora, Ohio

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Mid-American Conference

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MAC Championships: Puente, Bayerl Leads Akron’s First-Round Scoring

April 27 | Men's Golf

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AURORA – The Akron Zips men's golf team opened the 2019 Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Championships with a 311 (+23) which currently ranks eighth overall after the first 18-of-36 holes on Saturday.

The 72-hole league final was shortened to 54 holes due to Friday's weather at Club Walden Golf Club. The par-72, 7,202-yard course is still saturated, but playable.

In their MAC Championships debut, freshman Ignacio Puente (Seville, Spain) and freshmen Beau Bayerl (Ashland, Ohio) led Akron's scoring through round one. Puente carded a 77 (+5) opening round score for a four-way stalemate, ranking 18^th overall. Puente carded 1-of-6 eagles by all competitors, posting a three on the par-5 third hole (491 yards). Three holes later, he added a birdie and finished the round with an additional 10 pars, three bogeys and two double bogeys.

Bayerl is also ranked 18^th with a 5-over ledger. He buried 11 par scores with two birdies, three bogeys and two double bogeys.

Sophomore Fabian Sunden (Sweden), also making his MAC tournament debut, opened the event with a 78 (+6) score which was good for a tie at 22^nd place.

Senior Elliott Grayson (Shelby, N.C.) and junior Mitchell McFarland (Wheelersburg, Ohio) rounded out the first-round scoring with 79 (+7) and 83 (+11) scores, respectively. Grayson enters second round ranked tied for 30^th while McFarland was tied for 40^thoverall.

Eastern Michigan currently leads the team scoring by six strokes over current runner-up, Kent State. The Eagles posted a 294 (+6) as EMU's Cougar Collins led the field with a 4-under par 70 effort. The Golden Flashes shot 12-over as a team for an even 300-stroke ledger.

For more information on this year's MAC Championship event, visit the official MAC Championship Tournament Central page at getsomemaction.com.

8 Akron, U. of (+23) 311-311
T18 Ignacio Puente (+5) 77-77
T18 Beau Bayerl (+5) 77-77
T22 Fabian Sundén (+6) 78-78
T30 Elliott Grayson (+7) 79-79
40 Mitchell McFarland (+11) 83-83

Team Scores
1 Eastern Michigan – 294 (+6)
2 Kent State - 300 (+12)
3 Toledo - 303 (+15)
4 Miami University(OH) - 306 (+18)
T5 Bowling Green State – 307 (+19)
T5 Ball State – 307 (+19)
7 Ohio - 310 (+22)
8 Akron, U. of - 311 (+23)
9 Northern Illinois - 320 (+32)

Top 5 Players
1 Cougar Collins Eastern Michigan 70 (-2)
T2 Duncan McNeill Toledo 71 (-1)
T2 Gisli Sveinbergsson Kent State 71 (-1)
4 Will Kurtz Kent State 73 (+1)
T5 CJ Jones Ball State 74 (+2)
T5 Brian Ohr Miami University(OH) 74 (+2)
T5 Zach Sudinsky Eastern Michigan 74 (+2)
T5 Beau Breault Eastern Michigan 74 (+2)
T5 Pablo Heredia Iglesias Bowling Green State 74 (+2)