Bulldogs Sixth After One Round In Puerto Rico

The Georgia men's golf team opened the spring portion of its schedule on Sunday by shooting a 1-over-par 289 in the first round of the Puerto Rico Classic.

The Bulldogs are tied for sixth place with tournament host Purdue, 13 strokes behind Alabama.
Keith Mitchell paced the Bulldogs on Sunday as he shot a 2-under 70. Mitchell is sixth in the individual race, trailing Alabama's Justin Thomas, who opened with a 5-under 67.
Joey Garber, making his Bulldogs debut after transferring from Michigan, and Nicholas Reach followed with even-par 72s. T.J. Mitchell signed for a 3-over 75. Sam Straka had the Bulldogs' non-counting score of 5-over 77.

"This tournament has always given us a chance to knock the rust off coming off the fall and winter," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "Our guys have been working hard, and all that was missing was the tournament aspect of things. Now that we've got a competitive round under our belts, we can keep focusing on getting better and playing more consistently."

The Puerto Rico Classic will resume on Monday and will conclude on Tuesday.  Live scoring is available at http://www.golfstat.com/