Brand Leads Men’s Golf at Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate

Monday, March 4

Aiken, S.C.

Dartmouth College

Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate

Dartmouth men’s golf participate in Elon’s Phoenix Invitational at the Alamance Country Club on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 in Burlington, North Carolina. Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography

Photo by: Tim Cowie

Brand Leads Men’s Golf at Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate

3/4/2024 8:20:00 PM | Men's Golf

Player Standings (PDF)Team Standings (PDF)

The first-year finished the first two rounds at 3-under par

By: Nick Romei

AIKEN, S.C. – Tyler Brand carded a 71-66—137 (-3) over the first two rounds of the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate, allowing the Dartmouth first-year to wrap up the day in a tie for second place, four strokes off the pace. The Big Green shot 44-over par (604) as a team to place 15^th in the 15-team field.

South Carolina – Aiken and East Carolina are currently tied atop the leaderboard at 5-over par (565) with Davidson sitting just one stroke behind at 6-over par (566).

Brand had four birdies on the back nine during the first round, but was undone by two double bogeys, ending the round at 1-over par. He put on a quality performance in the second round, finishing with seven birdies while shooting par on nine holes.

Fin Szafnauer finished the day at +14 with Cameron Keith not far behind at +16. Charles Baker carded a 77-81—158 (+18) and rounding out the shooting for the day for the Big Green was Aaron Zhang, who finished at +24.

Tied for second alongside Brand is Rory McDonald O'Brien of South Carolina – Aiken, with both chasing Will Davis of Davidson, who leads after carding a 67-66—133.

Dartmouth returns to action tomorrow for the final round of the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate. Live scoring is available through GolfStat and the link can be found on the team's schedule page on DartmouthSports.com.