The University of Minnesota men's golf team is tied for 10th after the first round of the PING/Golfweek Preview in Williamsburg, Va. The Golden Gophers carded a 290 Monday and trail first round leader Georgia by 11 strokes. Gopher All-American Bronson La'Cassie fired a first round 2-under 68 and and is tied for fourth one stroke behind three leaders at 3-under, Robert Gates of Texas A&M, Niklas Lemke of Arizona State and Pablo Martin of Oklahoma State.

Senior All-American Niall Turner carded a 1-over 71 and is tied for 17th. Junior Clayton Rask shot a 74 and is tied for 46th and sophomore Andy Paulson is tied for 64th after a 77. Freshman Ben Pisani is tied for 73rd at 12-over 82.

The second round is tomorrow on the par 70, 6,809-yard Gold Course at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, the site of the 2007 NCAA Men's Golf Championships.

PING/Golfweek Preview
First Round Team Results
1 Georgia 279 −1
2 Texas A&M University 280 E
3 Florida 281 +1
4 Oklahoma State 282 +2
5 UNLV 283 +3
6 Lamar University 285 +5
T7 Arizona State U. 287 +7
T7 Brigham Young Univ. 287 +7
9 Georgia Tech 288 +8
T10 Clemson 290 +10
T10 Minnesota 290 +10
12 Kentucky, U. of 292 +12
13 VCU 294 +14
14 Wake Forest Univ. 295 +15
15 Washington 298 +18

Gopher Results
T4 Bronson LaCassie 68 (-2)
T17 Niall Turner 71 (+1)
T46 Clayton Rask 74 (+4)
T64 Andy Paulson 77 (+7)
T73 Ben Pisani 82 (+12)