Article: FORMER EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STAR RHYS DAVIES FIRES 73 TO START AT BRITISH OPEN

TURNBERRY, Scotland, July 16 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news release:

On a day when scores went low and players took advantage of weather conditions conducive for scoring, former ETSU standout Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) could not quite cash in, but he still posted a solid first round score of 3-over-par 73 Thursday in the opening round of the 138th British Open at the Aisla Championship Course.

Davies, who played at ETSU from 2003-2007 and was a three-time first-team All-American, finished tied for 108th out of 157 players on the Open leaderboard. Davies posted a round that included two birdies, but a three-hole stretch that included back-to-back bogeys and a ...

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