University of Illinois
Isleworth Collegiate Invite
October 21, 2007 | Men's Golf
Oct. 21, 2007
Windemere, Fla. -
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Playing against seven of the top ten teams in the country, Illinois finds itself in 12th out of 18 teams at Isleworth UCF Invitational. But at +4, the Illini are just eight strokes behind the leader and three strokes out of seventh in a tight battle after 18 holes of the 54-hole event.
"You can't win the tournament in the first round, but you can sure lose it," said Illinois head coach Mike Small. "We came out blazing through the first eight holes and showed some composure in salvaging a decent day. We're definitely within striking distance of a good finish."
Larry Blatt shot 33 on the front nine and finished the day in a tie for 17th at -1 71 on the 7,449, par-72 course. As a team Illinois is one stroke ahead of no. 5 Georgia Tech and just one stroke behind No. 9 Stanford.
There is a three-way tie atop the team leaderboard between No. 4 Oklahoma State, host and No. 34 UCF and No. 7 Southern California, all at -4. No. 17 Wake Forest (-3), No. 6 Florida State (-2) and No. 29 Clemson (-1) all shot under par as a team. East Tennessee State's Rhys Enoch, UCF's Greg Forest and Southern Cal's Jamie Lovemark share the lead individually at -4.
Illinois started on the back nine and carded 10 birdies in its first eight holes. Junior Jon Krick (T23) had four birdies in the first eight holes and overcame a triple bogey on the 18th to salvage an even-par 72. Freshman Chris DeForest (T60), fresh off his first collegiate tournament title, had three birdies on his round and shot a 75 (+3). Freshman Scott Langley (T47) had just three bogeys in a round of 74 (+2) while sophomore Zach Barlow (T68) shot a 76 (+4).
The second round is Monday while third round will be Tuesday. Live stats is available on .
