HUMBLE, Texas (Feb. 8) – Kylian Cavdar and Carson Tewell led Central Oklahoma to a fifth-place standing after first-day play in the season-opening Houston Classic Monday.
 
The Bronchos opened with a 293 in the morning round before coming back with an afternoon 304 in finishing two trips around the 6,945-yard, par-72 Golf Club of Houston with a 597 total. Oklahoma Christian leads the 15-team field at 573, followed by Arkansas Tech (582), Southern Arkansas (587), Cameron (595) and UCO.

The 54-hole tournament wraps up with a single 18-hole round Tuesday.
 
Cavdar and Tewell both started the day with one-under-par 71s and each shot 77 in the afternoon to finish with four-over 148 totals that has them tied for 14th in the individual standings. Peyton Knell shot 77-74, while Yannic Oppenheimer had rounds of 77-76 and Jacob Lackey shot 74-81.

It's the first tournament appearance since March 10, 2020 for the Bronchos after the rest of that spring campaign and the fall 2020 season were canceled by the COIVD-19 pandemic.