AWENDAW, S.C. – Led by the 1-under score from senior Adrien Pendaries, the Duke men's golf team opened the Hootie Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay in ninth place as a team on Sunday in Awendaw, S.C.
Pendaries is tied for 16th on the individual leaderboard, three strokes back of a four-way tie at the top at 4-under par. Kent State's 10-under score leads the 16-team standings through 18 holes, followed by Missouri (-6), Auburn (-5), Purdue (-3) and Wisconsin (-1) in the top five.
Followed by Pendaries, two Blue Devil freshmen also find themselves inside the top 30 as Ian Siebers and Jimmy Zheng each carded rounds of even-par 72 on Monday and are tied for 26th.