Crawford Among Leaders On Day 1

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Redshirt junior Kolton Crawford carded an even-par 70 to highlight the Arkansas men’s golf team’s opening day at the NCAA New Haven Regional held at The Course at Yale on Thursday. The Razorbacks finished the first round with a team score of 301 to sit in 11th position.

Crawford’s 17th round at even-par or lower this year started and ended with a birdie, as he is part of a seven-way tie for fifth place on the 75-player leaderboard. The Mansfield, Texas product was one of just 12 players in the field to shoot even-par or lower on the day and has accomplished the feat in all four career rounds at NCAA Regionals.

Arkansas will return to the course for Friday’s second round starting at 7:55 a.m., going off the 10th tee with LSU and College of Charleston. The top five teams from the region and one individual (not on an advancing team) will advance to the NCAA Championships held at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. from May 29 – June 3.

Crawford is currently second among players not on one of the top five teams, while the three other counting scores came from junior Gonzalo Rubio (76), freshman Alvaro Ortiz (77) and redshirt freshman Alec Tahy (78). All three of them made their NCAA Regional debuts on Thursday.

Live scoring for all three rounds is available at www.Golfstat.com while fans can follow @RazorbackMGolf on twitter for in-round updates.

@RazorbackMGolf Lineup
T5. Kolton Crawford – 70 (E)
T54. Gonzalo Rubio – 76
T61. Alvaro Ortiz – 77
T67. Alec Tahy – 78
T72. Zach Coats – 79

NCAA New Haven Regional Standings (Seed)
1. South Florida (3) – 281
2. Ohio State (9) – 282
3. San Diego State (6) – 284
4. Vanderbilt (1) – 285
5. Oklahoma State (4) – 286
T6. Troy (10) – 289
T6. NC State (8) – 289
T8. Iowa (7) – 291
T8. North Texas (11) – 291
10. LSU (2) – 294
11. Arkansas (5) – 301
12. College Of Charleston (12) – 303
13. Robert Morris (13) – 305
14. St. Peter’s (14) – 307

Course Information
The Course At Yale
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,803