Forrester shines in first collegiate round
LOUDON, Tenn. (Sept. 8, 2023) – The ETSU men's golf team had a strong showing in its first round of the 2023 fall campaign.
The Buccaneers posted a 5-under-par 275 and sit in third-place following Friday's opener of the Visit Knoxville Collegiate, which is being held at Tennessee National.
Led by junior Algot Kleen (Fiskebackskil, Sweden) and redshirt freshman Jenson Forrester (Wolverhampton, England), the Blue & Gold sit just two shots off the lead. Tennessee, the tournament host, is the day one leader as the Vols carded a 7-under 273, while Mississippi State is in second-place at 6-under-par 274. Ole Miss (-3) and North Florida (E) rounded out the top-five teams.
Kleen and Forrester are both tied for seventh at 2-under-par 68, while Mats Ege (Kristiansand, Norway) is one shot back at 1-under 69. Kleen did his scoring on the back nine as he registered nine straight pars to begin the day before posting a bogey on the par-4, 484-yard No. 10. From there, Kleen birdied three of his next four holes before ending with four straight pars to finish the afternoon. Forrester's first collegiate round was up-and-down as he totaled six birdies, eight pars and four bogeys; however, he finished strong. Sitting two-over through his first 10 holes, Forrester played the final eight holes at four-under en route to moving up the leaderboard. Forrester's six birdies were tied for the third-most of the round.
The field is chasing Ole Miss' Tom Fischer as his sits atop the leaderboard at 5-under-par 65.
ETSU's other countable score came from Remi Chartier (Montreal, Canada) as he posted an even-par 70 and is tied for 19th.
As a team, the Bucs led the 14-team field in par-4 scoring on Friday at two-under. Overall, ETSU bagged 63 pars and 16 birdies on the afternoon.
ETSU is paired again with Clemson and Mississippi State in Saturday's second round. The first group tees off at 8:55 a.m.
Fans can follow live scoring via Golfstat.com.
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