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Good start by Duncan McNeill at Iowa



Duncan McNeill, pictured left, from Annan, a second-year student at McNeese State, Louisiana, is tied for fourth place after a first-round 69, three under par for a 7,179yd course at Spirit Hollow, Iowa, in the Golfweek Conference Challenge tournament this weekend.


Three players share first place on 68.


Another McNeese State student, freshman Tom Atkins from Poole, is T50 on 78 in a field of 60 players.





Alex Chalks up a T7 finish in Connecticut



Alex Chalk, pictured right, from Castle Douglas, a freshman at Seton Hall University, New Jersey tied for seventh place in the Hartford Hawks Invitational at South Kent, Connecticut's Bull Bridge Golf Club.

Over a par-72 course of 6,992yd, Alex had a pair of 70s for 140 - 10 shots behind the winner, Donnie Trosper (Central Florida)