Junior Mark Hull In the Lead After First Round

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Junior Mark Hull In the Lead After First Round

March 11, 2002 | Men's Golf

March 11, 2002

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech men's golf team completed the first round of 36 holes at the 17th Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, La., earlier today. The No. 41 Red Raiders shot a team round 576 (287, 289) to finish in second place, trailing three strokes behind round one team leader Southern Methodist University (573).

Leading the Red Raiders is 6-foot junior Mark Hull who is in first place after shooting a five-under-par 139 (69, 70). Two other Red Raiders finished in the Top 20 as senior David Bolen and sophomore Brad Jacobson each shot a two-over-par 146 to tie in 18th place with six other individuals.

Teammate Kyle Willmann shot a four-over-par 148 (71, 77) to tie for 36th and sophomore Brian Smith tied for 74th shooting a 13-over-par 157 (83, 74).

Tech will resume the final round of play tomorrow at the Oakbourne Country Club with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start.

ROUND ONE RESULTS (36-holes)Top Five Teams1. SMU          5732. Texas Tech        5763. Texas A&M        5794. UT-San Antonio   5815. Tulsa        584Kansas          584Louisiana-Lafayette 584

Top Five Individuals1. Mark Hull (TT) 1392. Jerome Theunis (SMU) 1403. Gibby Martens (UTSA) 142Mark McBride (Missouri) 142Ben Scott (Missouri)    142Luke Healy (UTSA)   142

Texas Tech Finishes18. David Bolen     146Brad Jacobson     14636. Kyle Willmann 14874. Brian Smith     157