KERRVILLE, Texas — After a solid start with three players shooting under par on the front nine, the Lamar University Cardinals are in a three-way tie for fifth place after one round of play at the Southland Conference tournament Monday afternoon at Comanche Trace.

Matthew Bramford and Filip Widepalm both shot two-under-par on the front nine while David Schneider Jerez shot one-under.

The Cardinals had 10 birdies on the front nine while Bramford made an eagle on the ninth hole.

Jerez, Widepalm and Rory Bennet each birdied the sixth hole. Jerez and Widepalm both birdied the ninth hole.

Widepalm made four birdies on the front nine.

Bramford finished round one at even-par (72) as he sits in a four-way tie for sixth place.

Nathan Woodham overcame two challenging holes to make 10 straight pars. He closed out the back nine with a birdie at 18.

The back nine proved to be challenging for LU as it made four birdies and 26 pars.

Augusta sits in first place with a five-shot lead over East Texas A&M.

LU is one shot behind fourth place UTRGV and three shots behind third place Incarnate Word.

Bo Blanchard of Augusta sits atop the individual leaderboard after shooting six-under-par (66) with a four-shot lead.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T6           Matthew Bramford                      72
T20         David Schneider Jerez                75
T20         Filip Widepalm                             75
T32         Rory Bennet                                 76
T37         Nathan Woodham                        77

UP NEXT

LU tees off the second round at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 22.