The University of North Carolina men’s golf team opened the 2015-16 season with an 11-over-par 299 and is tied for ninth place after the first round of the Carpet Capital Collegiate.
The tournament is being played at the Farm Golf Club, a 7,012-yard, par-72 layout. UNC is one of eight teams in the field of 15 that is ranked in Golfweek’s preseason Top 30 that also includes ACC rivals Clemson and Georgia Tech and defending NCAA champion LSU.
Freshman Joshua Martin was 1-under-par on the back nine and led the Tar Heels with a 1-over 73. Martin is tied for 17th place.