Ball State University Athletics
Blackwell Leads, Jennings Ninth at PGA Minority Championship
May 07, 2016 | Men's Golf
ROUND 1 RESULTS
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Ball State men's golfer James Blackwell opened with a 74 (+2) Friday to share the first-round lead in the men's individual invitational portion of the 30th PGA Minority Collegiate Championship.
Teammate and fellow senior Albert Jennings is ninth after an 81 (+9). The event is being held on the Wanamaker Course at PGA Golf Club.
Blackwell was even for his round until a pair of bogeys in the middle of his second nine. But he played steady the rest of the way. He ended the day tied with Norman Blanco of Maryland Eastern Shore and James Lee of Rice atop the leaderboard.
This week's event features more than 160 men and women from nearly 40 schools in both team and individual divisions. The second round will be played Saturday and the final round Sunday.
The PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship was first contested in 1987. PGA Golf Club has hosted the event since 1998, and the PGA of America was granted complete ownership and management of the tournament by the National Minority College Golf Scholarship Fund in 2006.
An hour-long highlight show featuring action from the championship will air June 29 (8 p.m.) on Golf Channel and will re-air July 5 (2 p.m.) and Aug. 23 (2 p.m.).
PGA Minority Collegiate Championships
Men's Individual Invitational
T1. James Blackwell, Ball State University 38-36--74
T1. Norman Blanco, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 37-37--74
T1.James Lee, Rice University 37-37--74
4. Benjarong Murray, Palm Beach Atlantic University 38-38--76
5. William Godfrey, Francis Marion University 39-39--78
T6. Phil Soo Kim, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 40-39--79
T6. DeJuan Powell, Johnson C. Smith University 40-39--79
8. Siyan Liu, Palm Beach Atlantic University 39-41--80
9. Albert Jennings, Ball State University 40-41--81
T10. Toiriste (TJ) O'neal, Hampton University 41-41--82
T10. Brandon Rincon, Albion College 40-42--82
12. Angel Ramos, Florida Institute of Technology 42-41--83
13. Kenneth Gaither, Hampton University 40-44--84
T14. Jerrell Hubbard, Paine College 44-42--86
T14. Noel Simms, South Mountain Community College 44-42--86
16. Trevor Pueblo, Haskell Indian Nations 46-41--87
17. Stephen Fitzgerald, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 43-47--90
18. Joshua Steger, Johnson C. Smith University 44-50--94
19. Jordan Hall, Methodist University 50-45--95
T20. Djimon Dixon, Paine College 49-48--97
T20. Marquis Usher, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 50-47--97
22. Eddie Crawford, Methodist University 53-46--99
23. Kaliq Dansby, Miles College 55-46--101
-- Daniel Castano, Methodist University NS-NS--NS
-- Will Smartt II, Alabama A&M University WD-WD--WD
