Utah Golf in Podium Position After Day One of the Schenkel

Friday, March 13

Statesboro, Geor.

University of Utah

The Schenkel

Utah Golf in Podium Position After Day One of the Schenkel

3/13/2026 5:44 PM | Men's Golf

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Two Utes enter day two of the invitational tied for third place overall

By: Austin Eames

STATESBORO, Ga. — The No. 26-ranked Utah golf team played well in the first round of the 46^th annual Schenkel Invitational at Forest Heights Country Club, finishing day one with a 7-under 281 team score, good enough for a share of second place in the tournament's field of 15 teams.

Utah was led by the deadly two-headed attack of Sergio Jimenez and Brandon Robison, who paced the team with respective rounds of 5-under 67.

After four holes of settling into Forest Height's Bermuda grass greens, Jimenez caught fire—rattling off three birdies in the final five holes of the front nine to take a 2-under 34 into the back. From there, the junior from Spain continued to play bogey-free golf, carding three additional birdies on holes 11-13 before finishing with pars down the stretch to shoot 5-under. Entering day two of the Schenkel, Jimenez sits in a four-way tie for third place, three strokes off the tournament's leader, Rocco Salvitti of Notre Dame (8-under).

Robison, who entered the Schenkel fresh off a top 10 finish at the Desimone, was the proud owner of Utah's cleanest round of the day—finishing as Utah's only player without a bogey.

The senior's day started off hot with a birdie on the par-4 first, before three additional birdies followed on holes No. 4, 7, 12, and 16. The 5-under-par score matched Robison's lowest round of the season and earned him Utah's second share of third place in the tournament's individual standings.

Gabriel Palacios finished his first round with a score of 1-over 73. The junior carded four birdies during the round and enters day two of the Schenkel in a tie for 36^th.

Mid-season transfer Jack Jerge rounded out Utah's four-player scoring group in 47^th with a day-one score of 2-over 74.

Davis Johnson enters round two in 57^th after a 3-over 75 round. Redshirt freshman Kade McDonough (playing as an individual) sits tied for 36^th in the individual standings after a 1-over 73 opening round.

The Utes will begin round two of the Schenkel three strokes behind Georgia Southern (-10) in the tournament's team standings. Notably, Utah won the Schenkel in 2025 after shooting an opening round 288 (even-par). With a seven-stroke improvement on last year's opening round, the Utes title defense sits in a good place entering day two of the 2026 Schenkel.

THE FIELD
After one round at the Schenkel Invitational the team leaderboard shakes out as such:

1.) Georgia Southern (-10)	T2.) Utah (-7)	T2.) Yale (-7)
4.) Miami-Ohio (-4)	T5.) Notre Dame (-3)	T5.) Mississippi State (-3)
T7.) Maryland (+2)	T7.) Marquette (+2)	T7.) Augusta (+2)
T7.) Wisconsin (+2)	11.) Middle Tennessee (+3)	T12.) Northern Illinois (+4)
T12.) West Virginia (+4)	14.) Indiana (+5)	15.) Army West Point (+15)

UTAH'S LINEUP
Utah's starting five in the 46th annual Schenkel Invitational:

Brandon Robison
Jack Jerge
Gabriel Palacios
Sergio Jimenez
Davis Johnson

Individual: Kade McDonough

TOURNAMENT DETAILS
The Schenkel Invitational will span three 18-hole days for a total of 54 holes played. The tournament begins Friday, March 13 and conclude with the final round on Sunday, March 15.

LIVE SCORING
To keep up with the results at the Schenkel Invitational, fans can visit Scoreboard. Links to live scoring on each day can also be found on UtahUtes.com.

FOLLOW THE UTES
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