Falcons Post Rounds of 305 & 306 on Monday at the Lone Star Invitational

Monday, March 21

San Antonio, Texas

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Bowling Green State University

Lone Star Invitational

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Falcons Post Rounds of 305 & 306 on Monday at the Lone Star Invitational

March 21, 2016 | Men's Golf

By: by Kevin Davis, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

Results: Round 1 & 2 Combined Results at Golfstat.com (HTML)
Results: Round 1 & 2 Team Results (PDF)
Results: Round 1 & 2 Individual Results (PDF)
Results: Round 1 & 2 Combined Results (PDF)
Pairinigs: Round 3 Pairings (PDF)

San Antonio, Texas – The Bowling Green State University men's golf team posted rounds of 305 and 306 on Monday to conclude day one of the 2016 Lone Star Invitational in 12th-place overall with a 36-hole score of 611, +35. The Falcons are just eight strokes out of fifth-place heading into the final round of play on Tuesday at the par-72, 7,247-yards Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas.

Just one stroke behind 11th-place Ohio State (610), the Falcons sit ahead of New Mexico State (613), Texas State (615), Louisiana-Lafayette (617), Miami (Ohio) (620) and Houston Baptist (628).

"This is a very tough golf course to play and we played well at times," stated head coach Kevin Farrell. "We need to come out and play smarter tomorrow. If we play smart, play confident and play the way I know that we can play as a team tomorrow, then we can have a strong finish."

Leading the Falcons on Monday was Brett Rinker with a two-round combined score of 148, +4. Rinker carded a first round 73, +1, to open up play on Monday and followed that up with a second round 75, +3, in the afternoon session to place in a tie for 15th overall. Playing in the No. 3 spot in the BGSU lineup, Rinker turned in three birdies over his first 18 holes of play and then posted two more in the second round to finish the day with five birdies and 22 pars overall.

BGSU's Pablo Heredia Iglesias registered back-to-back rounds of 76, +4, and 79, +7, over his first 36-holes of play to end day one in a tie for 46th-place overall with a combined two-round score of 155, +11. After a first round in which he tallied two pars and 11 pars, the first-year Falcon had an up and down second round that saw one eagle, two birdies and only seven pars over his second set of 18 holes.

Jose Narro matched his fellow classmate Rinker with a first round 73, +1, but struggled over his second round of play to shoot a second round 83, +11, to finish the opening day of play with a 36-hole combined score of 156, +12. The junior totaled three birdies, all of which came in the first round of play, and 20 pars to wrap up Monday in a tie for 52nd-place overall.

Freshman Trey Walker turned in rounds of 83, +11, and 78, +6, on Monday to enter Tuesday in a tie for 79th-place overall with a 36-hole combined score of 161, +17. The Bowling Green native had an eagle on hole No. 7 over the first round of play and birdied whole No. 5 in the second round.

Making the biggest improvement over the two rounds of play for the Falcons was redshirt-freshman Max Rispler who bounced back from a first round score of 91, +19, to shoot a second round 74, +2. The first-year Falcon finished the day in a tie for 91st-place overall with his 36-hole score of 165, +21. He recorded a team-high four birdies over his second set of 18 holes on Monday and totaled 16 pars overall.

No. 50 New Mexico sits atop of the team leaderboard with rounds of 293 and 286 for a 36-hole combined tournament low team score of 579, +3. North Texas is in second-place with a team score of 595, +19, while Rice is in third-place with a combined team score of 597, +21.

The third and final round of play is set for an 8:30 a.m. CST (9:30 a.m. EST) shotgun start tomorrow morning.

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12th – Bowling Green – 305, 306 = 611, +35
T15. Brett Rinker – 73, 75 = 148, +4
T46. Pablo Heredia Iglesias – 76, 79 = 155, +11
T52. Jose Narro – 73, 83 = 156, +12
T79. Trey Walker – 83, 78 = 161, +17
T91. Max Rispler – 91, 74 = 165, +21