Gao fires 68 to lead UVA at Linger Longer Invitational

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Posted on Friday, Mar. 12, 2021, 9:05 pm

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Senior WeiWei Gao (Cebu, Philippines) equaled his career low score by shooting 4-under 68 to lead the Virginia men’s golf team during the first round of the Linger Longer Invitational in Greensboro, Ga. The Cavaliers posted a team score of 3-over 291 to finish the opening day of play in seventh place in the 16-team field. Georgia Tech grabbed the early lead at 5-under 283.

Gao is tied with Louisiana Tech’s James Swash for second place. They are two strokes behind tournament leader Connor McKay of Middle Tennessee State.

After playing his first five holes at even par, Gao piled up five birdies on his next seven holes to race up the leaderboard. He played his final six holes at 1-over par.

UVA sophomores Chris Fosdick (Middlefield, Conn.) and Pietro Bovari (Milano, Italy) are tied for 34th place after shooting 2-over 74. Senior Jimmie Massie (Lynchburg, Va.) is in 43rd place at 75 and freshman George Duangmanee (Fairfax, Va.) is 57th with a score of 76. Junior Jack Montague (Manakin-Sabot, Va.), competing as an individual, also posted a round of 75.

The second round of the tournament gets underway at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.

Linger Longer Invitational

Great Waters Golf Course
Greensboro, Ga.
Par 72, 7,436 yards
First Round Results

Team Results

  1. Georgia Tech             283
  2. Charlotte                285
  3. Florida Gulf Coast       287
  4. High Point               287
  5. Memphis                  289
  6. Louisiana Tech           290
  7. Virginia                 291
  8. North Alabama            294
  9. Kennesaw State           295
  10. Middle Tennessee State   296
  11. Chattanooga              297
  12. Mercer                   297
  13. Troy                     298
  14. Georgia State            299
  15. Toledo                   300
  16. Augusta                  308

Individual Leaders

  1. Connor McKay, Middle Tennessee State  66
  2. WeiWei Gao, Virginia                  68
  3. James Swash, Louisiana Tech           68

Virginia Results

  1. WeiWei Gao         68
  2. Chris Fosdick      74
  3. Pietro Bovari      74
  4. Jimmie Massie      75
  5. George Duangmanee  76
  6. Jack Montague*     75

* Competing as an individual