SAN ANTONIO – The University of South Alabama men's golf program posted a 310 total in its first round of the 2018-19 season at the Lone Star Invitational on Monday, ending the opening day of play one shot out of the top 10 in the team standings.

Rasmus Karlsson posted the Jaguars' low score with a 76 at the TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course, one stroke ahead of fellow junior Yannick Schütz.  Freshman Jordan Plunkett is also among the top 50 individually after the first day of the tournament, one shot in back of Schütz.

Host Texas-San Antonio recorded a 1-over-par 289 total and will enter the final round with a two-stroke advantage over Arkansas State.  UTSA's Sean Meehan holds the individual lead after 18 holes after firing a 4-under-par 68.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Lone Star Invitational (Texas-San Antonio)
Date: 9/10
Course: TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course (par 72, 7,435 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=16064

TEAM SCORES
1) Texas-San Antonio 289 (+1); 2) Arkansas State 291; 3) Little Rock 295; 4) Sam Houston State 296; 5) Texas State 297; 6) ULM 298; 7) Louisiana 300; 8) North Texas 303; 9) UT Arlington 308; 10) McNeese State 309; 11) South Alabama 310; 12) Rice 311; T13) Southern Mississippi 313; T13) Texas-El Paso 313; 15) Lipscomb 325.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) Sean Meehan, UTSA 68 (-4); 2) Zan Luka Stirn, ASU 70; T3) Joel Wendin, ASU 71; T3) Charlie Flynn, ULL 71; T5) Logan Davis, TXST 72; T5) Justin Warren LR 72; T5) Paul Gonzalez, TUA 72; T5) Adam House, UTSA 72; T5) Grayson Blunt, SHSU 72; T10) six individuals with 73.

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T31) Rasmus Karlsson 76 (+4); T42) Yannick Schütz 77; T49) Jordan Plunkett 78; T57) Peter Staalbo 79; T57) Dawson Atkinson* 79; T73) Kyle Robinson 81.
*denotes competed as an individual

TEE SHOTS
-After a four-hour rain delay in the morning, the tournament was shortened to 36 holes.
-Just four of the 84 individuals competing posted a score below par in the first round.
-Karlsson was among the top five individually with four birdies in the opening round, with all of those coming over his final 11 holes including Nos. 14 and 2, par fives playing at 567 and 602 yards, respectively.
-Schütz recorded pars on 13 of 18 holes on the opening day of play, a total that was tied for eighth in the field.
-Staalbo and Plunkett tied for third among all competitors with a 1-under-par total on par threes.
-Their efforts helped the Jags play those four holes 1 over as a group, tied for the fourth-best mark among the 15 teams in the event.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Ben Hannan
On the opening round of the event: "It was a frustrating day.  It was obviously not the start we wanted, nobody played well.  We'll see how the guys respond tomorrow and learn a little bit about this team."
On what the team needs to improve: "This is a talented team, but we tend to get in our own way.  We get out of the process and compound mistakes, and in this game that's detrimental to consistent play.  We have to learn from a day like today, and if we do this group has a chance to be a really nice team."

Up next: The final round of the event will get underway with an 8 a.m. (CDT) shotgun start on Tuesday.

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