HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. -- Chris Handy was one of two players to card a round under par as he shot an opening round of 71 (-1) as the Oakland men's golf team kicked-off the Horizon League Championship Sunday at Mission Inn Resort. Handy is tied for the lead with Green Bay's George Kneiser.

Marc Norton and Colin Sikkenga each recorded a first round score of 75 (+3) and are currently tied for ninth-place. Thomas Giroux and Anthony Comito also carded identical rounds of 79 (+7) and are tied for 23rd-place.

As a team, Oakland recorded a score of 300 (+12) and is currently in second-place, just two strokes behind leader Northern Kentucky.

The second round will begin tomorrow for the Golden Grizzlies at 8:10 a.m.



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