GolfStat Scoring: Kovach's Scorecard | Individual Leaderboard
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Senior Chris Kovach wrapped up his Bulldog career on Wednesday by placing in a tie for 89th place at the NCAA Division II Central/South Central Super Regional. Kovach fired rounds of 82 and 80 on a soggy Cherry Blossom Golf Course.
The long day began auspiciously early in the morning as the regional fell behind a day after inches of rainfall plagued the area. Kovach began with a triple bogy on his first hole, the 18th hole at the course and never recovered. He bogeyed holes three, four and five to move to six-over for the tournament before a birdie on the par four seventh. However he gave the stroke back on the following hole and finished his second round with four more over par for an 82.
Kovach immediately began his third round and improved by two shots to shoot an 80 but closed the day with a disastrous quad on the par 3 16th hole and a bogey on his final hole, the par 5, 17th.
The day one recap is posted below.
An even-par 36 on the back nine highlighted Chris Kovach's first round of the 2011 NCAA Midwest/South Central men's golf regional on Monday, as the senior carded a 2-over-par 74 through the first of three rounds at Cherry Blossom Golf Course.
Playing in the final group of the day, Kovach (St. Louis, Mo., Oakville) had three bogeys and a birdie on the front nine to shoot a 38 but was sharper on the back, putting up four straight pars out of the gate. He bogeyed the par-5 14th but rebounded right away by birdying the par-4 15th. He then closed with three pars on three of the back nine's toughest holes to finish with a 74.
Kovach is tied for 34th after day one, eight shots behind Abilene Christian's Cyril Bouniol. The Bulldog senior is one of 108 total golfers (20 teams, eight individuals) in the combined Midwest and South Central regions that will play 54 total holes at the event. To advance to the NCAA Div. II championships, which will be held from May 16-20 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at the Shoals in Florence, Ala., Kovach will need to finish as one of the top two individuals from non-advancing teams. The top five teams, regardless of region (Midwest or South Central), advance from the regional along with the next top two individuals.
