Liberty University
Seminole Intercollegiate
Fuchs Places Flames in 2nd Place at Seminole Intercollegiate
2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
A career-low round by Alexandre Fuchs has the junior at the top of the leaderboard and the No. 21 ranked Flames in second place after day one of the Seminole Intercollegiate.
Fuchs carded eight birdies on Friday and finished his first trip around the Golden Eagle Country Club (par 72, 6,965 yards) with a 7-under par 65.
Fuchs' strong opening round pushed No. 21 Liberty up the loaded leaderboard, allowing Liberty to finish the first day of competition at Florida State's event with a 7-under par 281.
The Flames are currently in second place, trailing only the host team, and are ahead of the likes of No. 1 Oklahoma (+1 289) and No. 17 Oklahoma State (-5 283).
Liberty will be the first team off the No. 1 tee (par 4, 392 yards) for Saturday's second round along with South Florida and fellow ASUN Conference member school North Florida.
Round Recap – Liberty's Starting Five:
• Alexandre Fuchs – 1 7-under par 65 (65)
• No. 41 Kieran Vincent – T12 1-under par 71 (71)
• Jonathan Yaun – T12 1-under par 71 (71)
• Ervin Chang – T35 2-over par 74 (74)
• Isaac Simmons – T55 4-over par 76 (76)
Field Reflections:
• The 15-team field includes eight teams that are currently ranked in the latest Golfstat national top-50 rankings: Oklahoma (No. 1), Oklahoma State (No. 14), Florida State (No. 17), Liberty (No. 21), North Florida (No. 29), Duke (No. 32), South Florida (No. 33) and Virginia (No. 41).
• Tournament host Florida State leads the field following an opening round 11-under par 277 on its home course.
• The Flames are four strokes behind Florida State and two strokes ahead of No. 14 Oklahoma State, who carded a 5-under par 283.
• No. 33 USF is in fourth place after a 1-under par 287 opening round, while No. 1 Oklahoma and NC State share fifth place following 1-over par 289 rounds on Friday.
• Fuchs holds a two-stroke advantage over Florida State's Brett Roberts, who posted a 5-under par 67 opening round that consisted of five birdies and 13 pars.
Birdies and Bogeys – Liberty Team Notes:
• Fuchs' opening round 7-undar par 65 bests his previous career low round of 66 carded twice during the 2018-19 season (Oct. 8 at the Intercollegiate at the Grove; March 16 at Linger Longer Invitational).
• Fuchs birdied all five par-5 holes and was the only player in the 85-man field to do so during the opening round.
• Fuchs' 7-under par 65 marks his fifth sub-70 round of the spring 2021 season.
• Kieran Vincent, who enters the event individually ranked No. 41 in the country, and Jonathan Yaun are two of nine golfers tied for 12th place following a 1-under par 71.
• Yaun led the field with 17 pars on Friday, along with one birdie to post his under-par total.
• Vincent benefited from third birdies and one of five eagles on the day, his coming on the par-5 No. 15 hole (527 yards), to card his 1-under par 71 round.
Course Information:
• Golden Eagle Country Club (Tallahassee, Fla.)
• Par 72, 6,965 yards
Following the Flames at Seminole Intercollegiate:
• Live stats will be available at Golfstat.com
• Twitter @LibertyGolf
• Instagram @LibertyGolf
• Round 2 Tee Time: Saturday – 10 a.m. (No. 1 tee)
