Silvis, Ill. – [Full Leader Board] Perfect weather gave a picturesque backdrop for the first day of the 70th Annual NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship. Twenty nine teams and 155 individuals hit the links at TPC Deere Run in a morning and afternoon wave with half starting on holes one and 10 during each. 

Day two is set to begin early on Wednesday morning with a 7:00 a.m. CT start on Hole 10 and a 7:20 a.m. CT start on Hole 1. The day will conclude with a cut down to 17 teams and 40 individuals, including ties.

Leaving the course, Keiser (Fla.) and Point (Ga.) held a tie for the top of the standings with a 4-under 280 team score. Wayland Baptist (Texas) was behind by one shot, British Columbia was fourth with a one-under 283. Victoria (B.C.) and Houston-Victoria are tied for fifth place.  

Highlights

• Soft course conditions led to 22 of 29 teams shooting 300 or below.
• Round One course average was 73.85; 34 players recorded scores of EVEN or below.
• A total of seven eagles, 438 birdies, 1,600 pars, 626 bogeys, and 96 double-bogeys were carded. 
• Holes 16 and 17 saw the entire field average under par (-0.14 and -0.36).
• The top of the leader board is much different than the final NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll rankings. Only Keiser (first), British Columbia (sixth) and Houston-Victoria (10th) are showing in the Top Five after day one. 
• Point (Ga.) leaped from 11th entering the week to T1; Victoria (B.C.) received 59 votes in the latest poll, but was not represented in the Top 25. 
• John Houk of Tennessee Wesleyan posted the lowest round one score for an individual qualifier - a four-under 64 which places him T7. Logan Smith and Claes Borregaard were tied for second place amongst individual at T18.

Top Ten Team Scores After Day One

T1 - Keiser (Fla.) - 280 [-4]

T1 - Point (Ga.) - 280 [-4]

3 - Wayland Baptist (Texas) - 281 [-3]

4 - British Columbia - 283 [-1]

T5 - Victoria (B.C.) - 284 [E]

T5 Houston-Victoria (Texas) - 284 [E]

T7 Bellevue (Neb.) - 285 [+1]

T7 Coastal Georgia - 285 [+1]

T7 Morningside (Iowa) - 285 [+1]

T7 USC Beaufort - 285 [+1] 

Top Five Individual Scores After Day One

T1 - Jonathan Douglas  Morningside - 64 [-7]  

T1 - Brendan Porter - Point - 64 [-7]  

T1 - Sebastien Tremulot - Wayland Baptist - 64 [-7]  

4 - Jaxon Langford - Houston-Victoria - 65 [-6]  

T5 - Jack Dudeck - The Master's - 66 [-5]  

T5 - Jakob Stavang Stubhaug - Keiser - 66 [-5]

After the second round, the cut will be made and the Round 3 Pairings will be established. The cut will be the Top 17 teams and Top 40 individuals including ties for both. If Individuals are in the Top 40 and on a team in the Top 17, they will be removed from the individual competition. The removed individuals will not be backfilled.