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Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.----The Wingate University men's golf team posted a first-round score of three-over-par 291 in the NCAA Division II National Championships at the PGA National Resort Monday. Wingate is tied for ninth place with defending national champion Colorado Christian. Junior Lewis Beeden is tied for seventh place, thanks to his opening round two-under-par 70.
 
St. Mary's (Texas) is the overnight leader, thanks to an impressive nine-under-par 279. On the individual leader board, Lee (Tenn.) redshirt junior Bennett McNabb tops the charts with his six-under-par 66. Twenty teams and 108 student-athletes are competing in this year's national championship event.
 
NCAA Championships Round 1 quick hits
 
- Wingate has two student-athletes inside the top 11 (and ties)
- Beeden's brilliant first round included a blistering six birdies
- He birdies all four par fives as well as holes No. 8 and No. 9
- Beeden played the "Bear Trap" (holes 15-17) at three-over-par
- He finished strong with a birdie on No. 18 (par five, 556 yards)
- Freshman Brandon Skidmore had a one-under-par 71 Monday
- The regional runner-up was even-par with five holes to play
- After a bogey on No. 14, Skidmore birdied the three "Bear Trap" holes
- He is tied for 11th place overall with eight other golfers
- Junior Fynn Loewe had three birdies and four bogeys on the way to a 73
- Graduate student Jordan Hyland had a five-over-par 77
- Junior Alfie Storer is one shot back with his six-over-par 78
- WU is one position and one shot outside the current medal match play cut line
 
Looking ahead to Tuesday's round two
 
The Bulldogs will have an early start to their day two, as Storer makes the team's first appearance at 8:25 a.m. For the second consecutive day, Wingate is paired with Davis & Elkins (W.Va.) and Missouri-St. Louis. The Bulldogs' tee times are split in 11-minute intervals with Hyland occupying the five-spot at 9:09 a.m.
 
To follow the Bulldogs in Florida, check out the team Instagram @Wingategolf and visit the live scoring link on the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd.
 
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Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 29 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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(Editor's note: Wingate University graduate student Sean Addie contributed this article. The '23 Davis & Elkins graduate is a second-year MBA student at Wingate.)