EUREKA, Mo. – The McKendree University men's golf team sits in a tie for third place with the University of Indianapolis following the first day of the Midwest Regional Golf Tournament hosted by UMSL and held at Fox Run Golf Club.
 
The start of the tournament, which features 18 teams, was delayed by more than two hours and that delay limited the teams to only 27 holes as all the teams completed the first round and played just nine holes of the second round before darkness suspended play.
 
In Monday's first round, the Bearcats shot a 17-over par 305 to sit tied for third place with UIndy, but enters Tuesday's final day of action in sixth place after shooting a 12-over par through the first nine holes of the second round.
 
Hillsdale (Mich.) College was the first round leader as they carded a 14-over par 302, while Trevecca Nazarene sits in second place after shooting a 15-over par 303. UIndy and Southern Indiana currently sit atop the leaderboard through 27 holes as they have each shot 24-over par scores and a total of seven teams, including McKendree are within eight shots of the co-leaders.
 
Leading the way for the Bearcats in the first round was freshman Fabian Wennerlof (Onsala, Sweden/Katrinelundgymnasiet) as he carded a 1-over par 73 to sit in a sit in a six-way tie for first place. On his first round scorecard, Wennerlof recorded three birdies, 11 pars and four bogeys. Entering play on Tuesday, Wennerlof is currently tied for seventh after carding a 1-over par through nine holes.
 
Freshman Thomas Tollefsen (Tonsberg, Sweden/Wang Toppidrett Tonsberg) shot an opening round score of 4-over par 76 to sit in a 10-way tie for 15th place. On his first round scorecard, Tollefsen 14 pars and four bogeys and his 19 overall pars through 27 holes is sixth most among the field of 96 golfers. Entering Tuesday's final day, Tollefsen sits tied for 13th place with a 7-over par score.
 
The third counter for the Bearcats was junior Phasin Vichitcharoenpaisarn (Bangkok, Thailand/The American School of Bangkok), who carded an opening round score of 5-over par 77 to sit in a tie for 25th place. Vichitcharoenpaisarn, who was the medalist at last week's Flyer Intercollegiate, recorded three birdies, nine pars, five bogeys and a triple-bogey 7 on the par-4, No. 10 hole. Entering Tuesday's final day of action, Vichitcharoenpaisarn sits tied for 17th with an 8-over par score.
 
Fifth-year senior Alex Gorman (Mascoutah, Ill./Mascoutah) was the fourth and final counter towards the Bearcats team score in the first round as he shot a 7-over par 79 to sit in a tied for 43rd place. Gorman recorded three birdies, six pars, eight bogeys and a double bogey on his opening round scorecard. He enters Tuesday's final day of action sits tied for 25th place with a nine-over par score.
 
Senior Rasmus Nilsson (Stockholm, Sweden/Danderyds Gymnasium) carded a first round score of 84 to sit in a tie for 76th place overall. Nilsson recorded two birdies, seven pars, six bogeys, a double bogey and two triple bogeys on his opening round scorecard. He enters the final round sitting in a tie for 72nd place with a 16-over par score.
 
McKendree and the other 17 teams in the field will complete the final nine holes of the second round before concluding the tournament with a final 18 holes.