Men's Golf | 10/26/2009 5:16:38 PM

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Methodist men's golf team shot a 296 in the first round of the O'Briant Memorial on the par 70 course.

The Monarchs are five strokes ahead of host Guilford at 301. Emory is in third with a first round score of 303.

Trey Howell and Josh Speight pace the Monarchs with a 73 while Alex Weir shot a 74 and Josh Schrader shot a 76. Kyle Berry finished up with a 79.

The tournament concludes on Tuesday with the second round.