King, Broin Tied for Third; Kansas in Second After 36 Holes of Bearcat Invitational

CINCINNATI, Ohio – After the opening 36 holes of the Bearcat Invitational at Coldstream Country Club on Monday, the Kansas men's golf team is in second place at -2 with Gunnar Broin and Will King in a tie for third place individually at -5.

In contention after the opening day of the event, Kansas trails Louisville (-6) by just four shots and are the only two teams under par for the event. The Jayhawks shot a 283 (-1) as a team in the first round and followed that up with a 283 (-1) in the second round, which was played Monday afternoon.

The Jayhawks are in second place at -2 amongst the 18-team field.

"We played solid all day," said Kansas head coach Jamie Bermel. "We got off to a slow start but just kept grinding. Will and Gunnar were solid all day, but everyone contributed today and it was a team effort. Tuesday is big for us. We need to play solid golf and see what happens."

Kansas was led by King and Broin for day one, as both Jayhawks shot a pair of under-par rounds on Monday. King and Broin share a tie for third place, both at -5 for the event and in contention for medalist honors. Louisville's Sebastian Moss leads the 96-player field at -8.

ROUND ONE
King, who started on the sixth hole Monday morning, parred his first four holes and found a birdie on his fifth hole of the day. King birdied two more holes on the back nine, leading to a score of 33 on that side. King birdied the par five fourth hole and played consistently on his way in to shoot an opening round of 68.

Broin, who opened play on the fifth hole, started his opening round playing steady golf as he parred his first five holes. Once Broin turned to the back nine, he would birdie four of his next six holes. Broin collected one more birdie on his final hole of the first round to card a three-under round of 68.

Sophomore Max Jelinek played steady golf throughout his opening round, totaling 14 pars on his first 18. Jelinek found birdies on the first and 18th hole to record an even-par round of 71 to start his tournament.

Junior transfer Luke Honner recorded 14 pars and opened his second event as a Jayhawk with a round of 76 (+5).

Sophomore Noah Holtzman birdied his first hole of the day, finishing the opening round with a 77 (+6).

ROUND TWO
King was able to birdie six holes for his second round, which included a stretch of three-in-a-row on his final three holes for a second round score of 69 (-2). King added his 15th and 16th career rounds in the 60s after opening the event with rounds of 68-69.

Broin continued his efforts for the Jayhawks, finding four birdies in his second round to card a second round of 69, making him five under for the tournament.

Jelinek continued to play steady golf in his second round of the day, as he carded 11 more pars on his way to shooting a second round 74 (+3).

Holtzman and Honner both ended Monday at seven over for the tournament. Honner bounced back for the Jayhawks with birdies on back-to-back holes to card a two-over round of 73. Holtzman also bounced back for Kansas as he used 15 pars in his second round to card a one-over 72.

CURRENT STANDINGS
T3. King, -5
T3. Broin, -5
T30. Jelinek, +3
T70. Holtzman, +7
T70. Honner, +7

UP NEXT
The Jayhawks will tee it up for the third and final round on Tuesday, Sept. 17th at 8:00 a.m. CT in a shotgun start format. Live scoring for the final round can be found here. Fans can also follow along with live updates from the official Kansas Men's Golf X account.

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King, Broin Tied for Third; Kansas in Second After 36 Holes of Bearcat Invitational

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