MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Barry University men's golf team held a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Buccaneer Invitational presented by Carrabba's Italian Grill.
Second round play at Normandy Shores Golf Club was delayed roughly two hours due to rain and lightning. Play resumed at 4 p.m. Monday, but only a few groups completed the second round in the 14-team, 84-player tournament the No. 2 nationally-ranked Bucs have won five straight times.
Play will resume with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start Tuesday to complete the second round, and will then continue in the same threesome pairings for the final round.
Barry shot 284 in the first round on the 6,733-yard, par-71 course. The Bucs held a two-shot lead over No. 1 Nova Southeastern. Eckerd was third, five strokes behind the Buccaneers. No. 5 Lynn was fourth with a 291, and Brevard Community College fifth at 294.
Barry's Scott Smyers and Jaime Rodriguez each shot 1-under 70 in the first round, and were tied for fifth. Fellow Buccaneers Marcus Segerstrom and Jared Dalga were tied for 13th after shooting 72. Teammate Berry Jole also shot 72, while competing as an individual. Barry's Adam Svensson shot 73 in the first round, and was tied for 20th along with three other Bucs, Marcelo Huarte, John Yu and Nico Cavero, who all were competing as individuals.
Barry's Simon Forsslund shot 76, and Alvaro Beltran had a 79.
Eckerd's Jeff Evanier shot a 4-under 67, making seven birdies in the first round to take a one-stroke lead over Central Missouri's Travis Mays. St. Thomas' Stefano Diaz and Nova's Ian Facey each shot 69 to finish the opening round tied for third.
Segerstrom was one of the few players to complete the second round, shooting a 2-under 69. He birdied two of his last three holes in the first round, including the 535-yard, par-5 16th and the 529-yard, par-5 18th.
Smyers had six birdies in the opening round, including the 405-yard, par-4 first and 522-yard, par-5 third holes. He also birdied the 450-yard, par-4 ninth, 401-yard, par-4 10th, in addition to Nos. 16 and 18. Rodriguez had three birdies, sinking putts on the first, third and 421-yard, par-4 11th holes. Dalga sank birdie putts on Nos. 3, 11 and 16. Svensson birdied Nos. 1, 10 and 18.
Huarte and Jole both birdied Nos. 1 and 3. Yu sank a birdie putt on 11. Cavero had birdies on No. 3, the 316-yard, par-4 12th, the 352-yard, par-4 13th and the 200-yard 17th. Forsslund birdied Nos. 1 and 17.
Buccaneer Invitational
Normandy Shores Golf Club, Miami Beach, FL
First Round
Par: 71
Yardage: 6733
Fin. School Scores
1 Barry University 284
T 5 Scott Smyers 34- 36 70
T 5 Jaime Rodriguez 33- 37 70
T 13 Marcus Segerstrom 37- 35 72
T 13 Jared Dalga 36- 36 72
T 20 Adam Svensson 37- 36 73
2 Nova Southeastern U. 286
T 3 Ian Facey 35- 34 69
T 9 Ben Taylor 33- 38 71
T 9 Hunter O'Mahony 36- 35 71
T 40 Ricardo Celia 39- 36 75
T 53 Mitch Farrer 39- 38 77
3 Eckerd College 289
1 Jeff Evanier 30- 37 67
T 30 Greg Reilly 37- 37 74
T 30 Paul Henderson 34- 40 74
T 30 Johan Wahlberg 38- 36 74
T 61 Jake Solomon 36- 42 78
4 Lynn University 291
T 9 Roberto Francioni 35- 36 71
T 20 Filip Timmerman 39- 34 73
T 20 Jose Andres Miranda 36- 37 73
T 30 Ernesto Vitienes 37- 37 74
T 53 Daniel Young 39- 38 77
5 Brevard CC 294
T 5 Blake Biggs 35- 35 70
T 5 Kyle Benson 35- 35 70
T 53 Arthur Leonard 40- 37 77
T 53 Keith Greene 41- 36 77
T 53 Anthony Skirk 38- 39 77
T 6 Wilmington (DE) 295
T 13 John Perrine 36- 36 72
T 30 Paul Tighe 37- 37 74
T 30 Andrew Baldo 37- 37 74
T 40 Andreas Lunding 39- 36 75
T 53 Nick Mafale 36- 41 77
T 6 Central Missouri 295
2 Travis Mays 35- 33 68
T 30 Mason Good 37- 37 74
T 40 Cy Moritz 38- 37 75
T 61 Robby Hughey 41- 37 78
T 81 Jason Vann 47- 35 82
T 8 St. Thomas Univ. -FL 296
T 3 Stefano Diaz 35- 34 69
T 20 Omar Tejeira 36- 37 73
T 46 Jacob Good 34- 42 76
T 61 Simon Murillo 40- 38 78
T 66 Ryan Carter 39- 40 79
T 8 Montevallo, U of 296
T 9 Dalton Skinner 38- 33 71
T 30 Juan Noce 36- 38 74
T 40 Andrew Lowery 36- 39 75
T 46 Jordan Campbell 38- 38 76
T 81 Conner Godsey 39- 43 82
10 Georgia Southwestern 300
T 20 Nate Gahman 36- 37 73
T 30 Andrew Ritchot 35- 39 74
T 40 Anders Olsson 41- 34 75
T 61 J.P. Griffin 39- 39 78
T 72 Matthew Whittaker 37- 43 80
11 Valdosta St. U. 303
T 20 Clarke Hendrick 38- 35 73
T 46 Nate Anderson 39- 37 76
T 46 John Fordham 38- 38 76
T 61 Abdul Sihag 37- 41 78
T 66 Drew McGuire 41- 38 79
12 Saint Leo University 305
T 13 Nick Brothers 37- 35 72
T 20 Austin Grey 38- 35 73
T 72 Trevor Joseph 42- 38 80
T 72 Chaz Heinz 40- 40 80
80 Codi Daudelin 40- 41 81
13 Florida Tech 306
T 13 Ray Badenhorst 37- 35 72
T 40 Justin Kalanquin 39- 36 75
T 66 David Glenister 38- 41 79
T 72 Brandon Lau 39- 41 80
T 81 Bret Krog 42- 40 82
14 Tampa, U. of 315
T 53 Zach Schuster 39- 38 77
T 66 Taylor Noel 41- 38 79
T 66 Myles Wharram 39- 40 79
T 72 Helder Alves 40- 40 80
T 72 Jason Steele 41- 39 80
Fin. Individuals School Scores
T 13 James Swan Nova SE 36- 36 72
T 13 Berry Jole Barry U. 36- 36 72
T 20 Marcelo Huarte Barry U. 35- 38 73
T 20 John Yu Barry U. 37- 36 73
T 20 Nico Cavero Barry U. 39- 34 73
T 30 Max Albertus Lynn U. 36- 38 74
T 46 Jerry Temple, Jr. Wilmton DE 39- 37 76
T 46 Bobby Ray Tampa 38- 38 76
T 46 Simon Forsslund Barry U. 37- 39 76
T 53 Paul McPhee Lynn U. 40- 37 77
T 66 Alvaro Beltran Barry U. 42- 37 79
T 72 Matt DiEleuterio Wilmton DE 39- 41 80
T 72 Tomasz Pulsakowski Wilmton DE 40- 40 80
84 Andrea De Bono Lynn U. 42- 41 83