North Carolina senior Dylan Menante led the field with eight birdies and shot 2-under 68 and ACC Player of the Year David Ford finished even-par 70 to lead the second-seeded Tar Heels to a tie for fourth place after round one of the 2023 NCAA Men's Golf Championship Friday at the Grayhawk Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Tar Heels posted 2-over-par 282, which equaled the best team score of the afternoon wave. Georgia Tech has the 18-hole lead at even-par 280, Pepperdine and Arkansas are second at 1-over 281 and Carolina, top-seed Vanderbilt and Texas Tech are fourth at 2 over.