St. Simons Island, Ga. – Western Carolina men's golf was third after 18 holes at the 2022 Sea Palms Invitational hosted by the Catamounts at the par-71, 6,664-yard Sea Palms Resort with junior Magnus Pedersen pacing the squad in a tie for eighth-place.
 
Friday's second round was halted due to darkness with just eight teams having completed 36 holes. The remaining 11 teams will conclude the second 18 holes before the entire 19-team field will play the final round on Saturday. Live scoring through GolfStat is available online at CatamountSports.com.
 
Pedersen carded an even-par round of 71 to lead the Catamounts. The Moss, Norway, native rallied back from a 4-over par start to the day with two bogeys and a double-bogey on the back nine by carding four birdies on the front nine. Sophomore Presten Richardson shot 1-over par 72 to sit tied for 14th after 18 holes, countering a pair of bogeys with a birdie.
 
Senior Tumi Kúld posted a 3-over par 74  with freshman Jake Peacock in a tie for 36th after a first-round 75 and senior Louis Theys in a tie for 54th after shooting 77 rounding out WCU's scoring five. Kúld and Peacock both had three birdies in the opening round while Theys had one.
 
Playing unattached as individuals, freshman Kiefer Bulau was tied for 44th with a first-round 5-over par 76 with junior Quinton Metz in a tief or
 
Dayton posted an even-par round of 284 on Friday to lead the 19-team field by three strokes over second-place Wright State (287). WCU was third at 292, two strokes ahead of Radford in fourth and Oakland in fifth at 296.
 
After Friday's opening round, three individuals sat tied atop the leaderboard with Oakland's Thomas Giroux, Dayton's Blake Solomon, and Brain Choe of Abilene Christian each carding rounds of 4-under par 67 to lead the 104-golfer field.
 
Play continues Saturday morning at the Sea Palms Resort.
 
3rd – Western Carolina – 292
T8 – Magnus Pedersen – 71
T14 – Presten Richardson – 72
T25 – Tumi Kúld – 74
T36 – Jake Peacock – 75
T54 – Louis Theys – 77
T44 – Kiefer Bulau (ind.) – 76
T87 – Quinton Metz (ind.) – 81