At the Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club in Dade City, Fla., two-time defending champion TCU has jumped out to an 11-stroke lead after shooting a two-under total of 286 on the opening day of the three-day tournament. TCU’s Adam Meyer sits atop the opening day leader board after firing a four-under, 68. His teammate, Colby Beckstrom is just one stroke behind him with a three-under, 69. A third Horned Frog, David Schultz, is in a five-way tie for fifth place after shooting a one-over, 73 on the 7,083-yard, par 71 layout.

Houston leads a group of four teams that are bunched up behind TCU. The Cougars are nine-over at 297, one stroke ahead of Southern Miss, who shot a 10-over 298. UAB sits in fourth place at 300, 12 strokes above par. Charlotte is one shot behind, after firing a 13-over total of 301.

Louisville (304), East Carolina (305), USF (305), Tulane (308) and Memphis (308), respectively, held down spots 6-10 on the day, while Marquette (309), Cincinnati (316), Saint Louis (317) and DePaul (322) stand in spots 11-14.

On the individual standings, two players are tied for third place with even scores of 72. Scott McNeil of Charlotte, who tied with Beckstrom for the lowest score on the front nine (34), is deadlocked with Justin Elliott of Southern Miss, whose 35 tied several others for the second lowest total on the back nine.

Five golfers finished the day with a one-over par total of 73: Zach Mowbray of Houston, Alan Weant of Memphis, Brent Holmes of Louisville, Brad Quiri of USF and Schultz of TCU.

Ray Sheedy of Charlotte and Adam Howell of East Carolina produced the only Eagles on the day, both on par threes at No. 2 and No. 9.

The 534-yard, par five on No. 9 proved to be the hardest hole to play on the day, with an average score of 5.14. The lowest average hole was the shortest hole on the course, the 146-yard, par three No. 14 where the average score was a 3.21.

The teams play 18 holes on Tuesday before a final round on Wednesday. Tee times both days start at 7:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

2004 C-USA Men's Golf Championship
Lake Jovita Golf & CC, Dade City, Fla.
April 19-21, 2004
7,153-yard, Par 72


Team Results

1. TCU 286 -2
2. Houston 297 +9
3. Southern Miss 298 +10
4. UAB 300 +12
5. Charlotte 301 +13
6. Louisville 304 +16
7. East Carolina 305 +17
USF 305
9. Tulane 308 +20
Memphis 308
11. Marquette 309 +21
12. Cincinnati 316 +28
13. Saint Louis 317 +29
14. DePaul 322 +34

Individual Results

1. Adam Meyer, TCU 36- 32 68 -4
2. Colby Beckstrom, TCU 34- 35 69 -3
3. Scott McNeil, Charlotte 34- 38 72 E
Justin Elliott, Southern Miss 37- 35 72 E
5. Zach Mowbray, Houston 37- 36 73 +1
Alan Weant, Memphis 37- 36 73
Brent Holmes, Louisville 38- 35 73
Brad Quiri, USF 35- 38 73
David Schultz, TCU 36- 37 73
10. Michael Thompson, Tulane 37- 37 74 +2
Nathan Colson, Marquette 39- 35 74
Ricky Romano, Houston 36- 38 74
Nathan Turner, UAB 36- 38 74
Kevin Newman, Houston 39- 35 74
15. Tigh VanLeeuwen, UAB 38- 37 75 +3
Oscar Fraustro, USF 38- 37 75
Matt Wofford, Southern Miss 38- 37 75
Clark Brown, UAB 39- 36 75
Robin Smith, E. Carolina 37- 38 75
Jason Harris, E. Carolina 40- 35 75
Michael Soroka, Southern Miss 39- 36 75
22. Matt Mincer, Charlotte 41- 35 76 +4
Ben Snow, Southern Miss 42- 34 76
J.J. Killeen, TCU 36- 40 76
Ryan Thomas, UAB 41- 35 76
Ray Sheedy, Charlotte 37- 39 76
Ryan Blechle, Saint Louis 38- 38 76
John Campbell, Saint Louis 40- 36 76
Jordan Hasbrook, Houston 39- 37 76
30. Ryan Leveque, E. Carolina 39- 38 77
Charlie Woo, Louisville 41- 36 77
Allan Thomas, Memphis 41- 36 77
Kyle Murphy, Marquette 41- 36 77
Brett Jones, Louisville 39- 38 77
Danny Dennis, Southern Miss 40- 37 77
Will Hanna, Louisville 40- 37 77
John Arnette, Charlotte 38- 39 77
Garrett Osborn, UAB 41- 36 77
Kyle Ritchie, Tulane 40- 37 77
Stephen Polanski, TCU 38- 39 77
41. Calle Andren, E. Carolina 40- 38 78 +6
Chris Wheeler, Tulane 41- 37 78
Adam Fluty, Cincinnati 40- 38 78
Kyle Patterson, DePaul 39- 39 78
Joe Weber, Marquette 39- 39 78
Denton Walker, Houston 39- 39 78
Geoff Newman, Cincinnati 38- 40 78
Adam Howell, E. Carolina 40- 38 78
Matt Bascom, Louisville 39- 39 78
Jeremy Sims, USF 41- 37 78
51. Ryan Shears, USF 36- 43 79 +7
David Jeans, Memphis 42- 37 79
Bill Roach, Jr., Tulane 41- 38 79
Josh Scarborough, DePaul 42- 37 79
Clayton Ellis, Memphis 41- 38 79
Mark Sullivan, Tulane 41- 38 79
57. Chris Larbes, Cincinnati 43- 37 80 +8
Chris Black, USF 43- 37 80
Steve Sass, Marquette 42- 38 80
Joe Young, Cincinnati 42- 38 80
61. Tyler Lefler, Charlotte 42- 39 81 +9
62. David Perritt, Saint Louis 45- 37 82 +10
John Clodfelder, Cincinnati 42- 40 82
Dustin Wickenhauser, De Paul 42- 40 82
Michael Bielawski, Marquette 44- 38 82
66. Evan Frederick, Saint Louis 41- 42 83 +11
Nathan Ruth, DePaul 43- 40 83
Lewis Clarke, Memphis 41- 42 83
69. Josh Sellers, DePaul 43- 41 84 +12
Tony Harmon, Saint Louis 43- 41 84