Henderson, NV - The University of Sioux Falls Men's Golf team holds 11th place after the first day of The Legacy Invitational. High winds upped the course difficulty and spiked the average course score to 83.23.

The Cougars began the second tournament of their spring break trip today at the Legacy Golf Club. High winds challenged all golfers and resulted in many higher than average scores across the board with no individual golfers under par. Despite the conditions, USF tied for the third most team birdies with eight. Anthony Cylkowski and Austin Boomsma tied for 2nd in par 3 scoring with even 3's. 

USF shot a combined 44-over 332 which placed them in 11th, just one stroke out of 10th. The leaderboard ended up rather tight in the middle with the Cougars only four strokes out of 7th. Northeastern State led the day by carding a 17-over 305 with Pomona-Pitzer (25-over 313) and Winona State (26-over 314) nearly 10 strokes behind them in second and third. Individually the Cougars were led by Austin Boomsma who tied for 23rd at eight-over 80. Northeastern State's Carlos Gomez and Northeast CC's Kody Sander tied for the lead at even 72 while McKendree University's individual player, Rasmus Nilsson, holds third with a one-over 73.

Individual stats for USF:

Jack Evans: T68th, 14-over 86, eight pars and a birdie on the 589-yard hole 14

Austin Boomsma: T23rd, eight-over 80, nine pars and birdies on the 453-yard hole 8 and 460-yard hole 16

Anthony Cylkowski: T89th, 20-over 92, five pars and a birdie on the 162-yard hole 6

Jimmy Clark: T54th, 12-over 84, six pars and birdies on the 501-yard hole 5 and 589-yard hole 14

Bronson Vasa: T39th, 10-over 82, nine pars and birdies on the 501-yard hole 5 and 384-yard hole 12

Round two of The Legacy Invitational will begin tomorrow morning. Find live stats at the men's golf schedule on USFCougars.com.