Royals in 3rd Place, 18 Shots Back After 1st Round of State Tournament

The Mason County Royals are in 3rd place, 18 shots off the lead, after the first round of the Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac/KHSAA State Golf Championship at Bowling Green Country Club.

Mason County had a total of eight-over 296. St. Xavier tops the leaderboard at 10-under 278. Franklin County is in second place at five-over 293.

B.J. Knox and Tyler Lippert led Mason County with one-under 71s and are tied for 12th place. Kaleb Coleman and Chandler Clark shot five-over 77s. Bryan Walton shot an 88.

St. Xavier senior Allen Hamilton is the individual leader at seven-under 65. The final round is Wednesday