FINDLAY STRUGGLES BUT
MACAULAY'S FIGHTING
FINISH AT TALLAHASSEE

Fraserburgh teenager Jordan Findlay is not yet 100 % fit after his bout of pneumonia earlier in the year. It showed again in today’s first round of the Seminole Intercollegiate tournament at Golden Eagle Country Club, Tallahassee in Florida.
Jordan, pictured right, a second-year student at East Tennessee State, struggled round in 11-over-par 83 over a longish (7,041yd) course. Starting at the 10th, the former British boys champion had a double bogey 5 at the short 12th, a triple bogey 8 at the long 15th and a double-bogey 6 at the 16th in a total of nine-over-par 45 shots for his first nine.
Jordan still did not get a birdie over holes one to nine but at least he reduced his flow of bogeys to two, at the third and eighth.
Fellow Scot Callum Macaulay from Tulliallan, in his senior year at Mississippi University, from Tulliallan had a 74 with a double bogey at the long fourth but a fighting finish of birdies at the 14th, 15th and 18th for 34 home.
It was a strange tournament for the high-flying East Tennessee State. As well as Jordan Findlay, they had Irishman Cian McNamara from Limerick scoring in the 80s – 82 to be precise with a double bogey at the 13th and a triple bogey at the 15th in halves of 40 and 42.
Team-mate Gareth Shaw did not fare all that much better with a 77, which included a double bogey 7 at the fourth and a triple bogey 8 at the 18th.
POWER UP WITH LEADERS
But, at the other end of the first-round leaderboard, East Tennessee State freshman student Seamus Power from Cork was right up there with a two-under-par 70. Starting at the 10th, young Power birdied the 15th and 16th and bogeyed the 17th in 35 for his first nine. Then he birdied the third, bogeyed the eighth and birdied the ninth for another half of 35 – so simple, it makes you wonder why his team-mates found it so difficult.
Yet another East Tennessee State player, Walker Cup Welshman Rhys Davies had a 73 with double bogeys at two short holes, the third and the 17th but he also had five birdies – at the first, third, 10th, 12th and 15th in halves of 37 and 36.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
67 Brad Revell (North Carolina State).

69 Zach Sucher (UAB).
70 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State), Chris Rogers (Mississippi), Noah Goldman (Mississippi State), Song Jeon (Florida State).
Other scores:
73 Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) (jt 16th).
74 Callum Macaulay (Mississippi) (jt 26th).
77 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) (jt 46th).
82 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) (jt 71st).
83 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State).

LEADING TEAMS

290 Mississippi State, Auburn.

293 Charleston.

294 Northwestern.

Also:

297 Mississippi (7th).

302 East Tennessee State (11th).

+Jordan Findlay's scorecard was later deleted from the GolfStat score service. We are trying to find out what the position is.