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ASU men's golf team seventh after first round at NCAA Nationals

The first round of the NCAA championships at Grayhawk Golf Club didn't exactly start the way Arizona State coach Matt Thurmond had hoped. All five Sun Devils settled for a bogey on the par-4, 430-yard, No. 1 hole.

Fortunately for the host school things got better. The Sun Devils finished with a first round total of 4-over 284, good enough for seventh place in the 30-team field and eight strokes behind leader Texas Tech which managed 4-under 276.

There will be a cut to 15 teams after Sunday's third round.

"We've been waiting two years for those five straight bogeys," Thurmond laughed.