WAIKOLOA, Hawaii - No. 8 Auburn Men’s Golf is 9th after the Amer Ari Invitational opening round, carding a 2-under 286 at the Kings’ Crossings Course at the Waikoloa Beach on Thursday.
No. 16 Texas Tech leads at 9-under 279 followed by No. 2 Oklahoma State (280).
Freshman Brandon Mancheno is t-17th at 2-under 70 to lead the Tigers. The Jacksonville, Fla. native carded four birdies in the round on Nos. 2, 4, 13 and 18. Sophomore Jovan Rebula is a stroke back at 1-under 71 and is t-27th. The George, South Africa, native birdied Nos.