Auburn’s Michael Johnson shot a 3-under 69 and Alabama’s Robby Shelton shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round.
No. 5 Georgia – which had two of the three low individuals when Greyson Sizz and Zach Healy both shot a 68 – leads the event with a 4-under 284 team total. Colorado’s Jeremy Paul also shot a 68.
Behind the Bulldogs are, in order, No. 17 South Carolina (287), Kentucky (288), UNLV (290), Alabama (292), Auburn (294), Colorado (296), College of Charleston (298), Lipscomb (302), Kansas (308), Southern Illinois (314), Charleston Southern (315) and Harvard (323).