Stillwater, OK - Led by the fifth-place effort of junior Ben Kohles, the Virginia men's golf team is in 12th place after the opening round of play a the Ping/Golfweek Fall Preview taking place at Oklahoma State's Karsten Course. The Cavaliers opened with a score of 313. The event is UVa's first tournament of the fall.

Kohles, the co-ACC Player of the Year in 2010, is four shots behind the leader after shooting 1-over 73. Only two players managed to better par at the Karsten Creek course. Oklahoma State's Talor Gooch leads the event at 3-under 69 and Augusta State's Henrik Norlander is second at 71.

Virginia's other scores included a 78 by sophomore Mac McLaughlin, 81s by senior Will Collins and freshman Ben Rusch and an 86 by junior Henry Smart.

Oklahoma State leads the team standings by nine shots after shooting even par 288. Karsten Creek, the site of the 2011 NCAA Championships, was a challenging setup for the field. A total of 20 players in the 55-man field shot 80 or higher.

The second round of the tournament will take place Monday and the final round is set for Tuesday. Live scoring of the tournament is online at Golfstat.com.

Ping/Golfweek Fall Preview
Karsten Creek
Stillwater, OK
Par 72, 7,449 yards
First Round Results

Team Results
 1. Oklahoma State  288
 2. Texas A&M       297
 3. Georgia Tech    298
 4. Georgia         300
 4. UCLA            300
 4. Oregon          300
 7. Texas Tech      303
 8. Augusta State   304
 9. Arizona State   307
10. Texas           310
11. TCU             312
12. Virginia        313
13. UNLV            321
14. Clemson         324
15. USC             331

Individual Leaders
1. Talor Gooch, Oklahoma State      69
2. Henrik Norlander, Augusta State  71
3. Conrad Shindler, Texas A&M       72
3. Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State    72
5. Ben Kohles, Virginia             73
5. Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State  73
5. Case Cochran, Texas A&M          73

Virginia Results
 5. Ben Kohles      73
43. Mac McLaughlin  78
56. Will Collins    81
56. Ben Rusch       81
68. Henry Smart     86