DALLAS — The UTSA men's golf team is in fifth place after the opening day of the Trinity Forest Invitational, which got underway Sunday at Trinity Forest Golf Club.
The Roadrunners carded a 7-over-par 291 on the 7,330-yard, par-71 layout to settle into fifth in the 15-team field with 36 holes remaining. UTSA is one shot ahead of Sam Houston and a pair of strokes in front of Abilene Christian, while also sitting ahead of a pair of ranked teams in No. 37 Louisville and 38th-ranked TCU, who are part of a tie for 11th (+14).
Individually, Collin Clark is in a tie for 13th, one shot ahead of a trio of Roadrunners in 21st.
Clark fired a 1-over 72 that included 15 pars and a birdie on the 570-yard, par-5 fourth hole. The senior from Mansfield stands only one stroke out of a tie for fourth place with two rounds left to play.
Hunter Bott, Michael Rome and Chad Sewell are part of an 11-way tie for 21st place after each player posted a 2-over 73.
Bott, a sophomore from Montgomery, wrote down a pair of birdies on the front nine to headline his opening round, while Rome, a redshirt junior from Austin, also had two birdies on the day. Sewell, a senior from Conroe, led all Roadrunners with three birdies in the first round.
Christian Fanfelle rounds out the UTSA lineup in a tie for 62nd (78).
No. 13 and host SMU leads the team race after posting an even-par 284 on the strength of individual leader Noah Goodwin's 67. No. 18 North Texas (286), Little Rock (289) and Florida Atlantic (290) round out the top five.
Round two is slated for Monday and UTSA will tee off of No. 1 beginning at 8:35 a.m.
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