NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. – Brian Grubbs (Cortez, Colo./Montezuma Cortez) finished 13th in the first round to lead the Saint Peter's men's golf team to an eighth-standing after the first round of the Til Duty Is Done Collegiate Invitational on Saturday.
Grubbs, the March Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's Golfer of the Month, shot a 76 in the first round to end the opening day in 13th place, eight stokes behind the current leader.
Brandon Molson (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) (21st place, 77), Nicholas Dilio (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) (27th place, 78), Eric Edmunds (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) (51st place, 81) and Dominic Diaz (Bridgwater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) (60th place, 83) rounded out the Peacocks' five competitors in the field.
Hartford leads the two-round, two-day event with a score of 295, 12 strokes ahead of UMass-Lowell (307) while Bryant (308), LIU Brooklyn (309) and Rhode Island (310) round out the Top-5 teams in the field. The Peacocks are in eighth place after a round of 312 to sit five strokes out of second place.
The tournament is named in honor of the Til Duty Is Done organization, a non-profit company based in Connecticut, with the goal of providing safe, secure and stable housing for returning veterans while they participate in skilled labor training programs and then aid in finding employment. Til Duty Is Done's aim is to reduce homelessness and unemployment among veterans and help with reintegration. Many of the volunteers helping to run the tournament will be military veterans and members of the Til Duty Is Done organization will be on hand.
Saint Peter's concludes the Til Duty Is Done Collegiate Invitational on Sunday. The Peacocks will be paired with host Connecticut and Binghamton and will tee off starting at 9 a.m.
