EKLUND TAKES OUTRIGHT LEAD AFTER DAY ONE OF BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, April 18

Greenwood, S.C.

All Day

Radford University

Big South Championship

EKLUND TAKES OUTRIGHT LEAD AFTER DAY ONE OF BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

4/18/2011 4:03:00 PM | Men's Golf

ROUND 1 RESULTS

NINETY-SIX, S.C. – After the first round of the Big South Championship, redshirt-sophomore Weston Eklund is the outright leader with a three-under 69 and Radford is in fourth heading into day two.

The tournament is being played on the par-72, 7,118-yard layout on the Patriot at Grand Harbor.

Eklund's steady round consisted of five birdies, four spanning from holes six to ten and his birdie on 16 broke a four-way, first-place tie and allowed him to take the outright lead.

“I was proud of the way Weston played today. He had a solid round that enabled us to be four strokes out of second. He had a clutch birdie on hole 16 which gave him the lead and he really stepped up for us today,” commented head coach Mike Grant.

As a team, the Highlanders wrapped up the round at 298 (+10).

Paul Woodson began the day tied for first courtesy of three birdies on the first three holes. He then converted a birdie on five, propelling to four-under. After 18, he finished at two-over 74 and tied for 13th.

After falling behind early on holes two and three, Lane Hite countered with two birdies on five and six to shoot one-under. Hite currently sits tied 24th at five-over 77.

Freshman Matt Harman in his first-ever Conference Championship is tied for 30th at six-over 78.

The Highlanders commence round two tomorrow morning with an 8:50 tee time. Live scoring is available on GolfStat.

LEADERBOARD
4 Radford | 298 (+10)
1 Weston Eklund (-3)
T13 Paul Woodson | 74 (+2)
T24 Lane Hite | 77 (+5)
T30 Matt Harman | 78 (+6)
40 Michael Wade | 86 (+14)