MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - George Mason University men's golf posted a 302 (+18) in Sunday's opening round of the second-annual Bash at the Beach Tournament. That currently has the Patriots in 8th place out of 15 teams, just four strokes behind CAA foe William and Mary heading into round two tomorrow of the 54-hole event at The Surf Golf and Beach Club.

Mason's senior Josh Apple carded a one-under 71 today to stand tied for sixth place overall at the par 72, 6,817 yard course. Kevin Yerks shot a three-over par 75 and is tied for 31st. Rounding out the scoring for the Patriots were Zack Lauzon and Alec Kormanec each carding a 78.

Gardner-Webb and Xavier stand atop the leaderboard, tied at 288 (E). GWU's Daniel Kim and Campbell's Vaita Guillaume tied for the individual lead at 69 (-3).

Monday's second round tees off at 9 a.m. before the event concludes on Tuesday.

8 George Mason 302 302
T6 Josh Apple (3) 71 71
T31 Kevin Yerks (2) 75 75
T53 Zack Lauzon (4) 78 78
T53 Alec Kormanec (5) 78 78
T64 Casey Thompson (1) 79 79

1 Team Scores
T1 Xavier 288 +4
T1 Gardner-Webb 288 +4
3 High Point 289 +5
T4 Campbell 291 +7
T4 Radford 291 +7
6 Longwood 297 +13
7 William & Mary 298 +14
8 George Mason 302 +18
9 Northeastern State 303 +19
T10 Western Kentucky U. 304 +20
T10 Stetson 304 +20
12 Wofford College 311 +27
13 Navy 313 +29
14 Appalachian State 321 +37
15 North Carolina Central 322 +38