GREENSBORO, N.C. – Braxton Kuntz shot 1-under-par 71 through 18 holes in the first round of the Bryan National Collegiate on Sunday, pacing Ball State in its first tournament of the 2024-25 men's golf season.
Kuntz sits in a seventh-place tie after his first trip over the par-72, 7,276-yard track at Bryan Park near Greensboro. He is five strokes off the lead and one of 14 golfers with a sub-par round in the Cardinals' first competition since closing the 2024 spring in the NCAA's Chapel Hill Regional only an hour away.
Kuntz is four strokes ahead of teammate Kash Bellar, whose 3-over-par 75 puts him in 33rd place.