Ryan Brown leads Bulldogs on chilly first day at Towson Invitational
GRASONVILLE, Md. – The Bryant University men's golf team stands in 12th place out of 17 teams after the first day of the Towson Invitational Saturday at Prospect Bay Country Club.
Junior Ryan Brown (Bedford, N.H.) shot a team-low 78 (+6) Saturday on a course in which just 20 of 90 players carded a 76 or better. Temperatures were in the mid-30s during the morning on Maryland's Eastern Shore with wet course conditions presenting an added variable. Team leader Central Connecticut was the lone squad out of 17 teams to record a score under 300 Saturday.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Course: Prospect Bay Country Club (Grasonville, Md.)
Par 72 (6,530 yards)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Brown shot a six-over 78 and is tied for 30th entering Sunday's final round.
- Sophomore Payton Kim (Palatine, Ill.) carded a 79 while playing as an individual. Kim is tied for 43rd.
- Graduate student John Roberts (West Hartford, Conn.) and sophomore Matthew Stafford (Suffield, Conn.) each recorded an 80 on the day and are tied for 52nd.
- Sophomore Connor Henderson (Southborough, Mass.) and junior Jake Ratti (Hanover, Mass.) rounded out the scoring with an 81 and 82, respectively.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Central Connecticut 297
2. St. Bonaventure 300
3. Sacred Heart 301
4. Fairleigh Dickinson 305
5. Youngstown State 306
6. Robert Morris 307
7. Towson 309
t8. Manhattan 313
t8. Fairfield 313
10. St. John's 314
11. Saint Francis U 316
12. Bryant 319
t13. LIU Brooklyn 320
t13. Towson "B" 320
15. Goldey-Beacom 333
16. Saint Anselm 335
17. UMES 347
INDIVIDUAL SCORES/STANDINGS
t30. Brown 78
t43. Kim 79 *
t52. Roberts 80
t52. Stafford 80
t57. Henderson 81
t64. Ratti 82
* Playing as individual
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs close out the Towson Spring Invitational Sunday at Prospect Bay Country Club in Grasonville, Maryland. Ratti will be the first Bryant player to tee off at 8 a.m.