DALLAS – The North Texas men's golf team opened up play at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate on Monday morning at Royal Oaks Country Club – a course designed by UNT alum and legend Don January, who was a part of the Mean Green's national championship teams in the 1940s and 1950s.
 
The Mean Green had a solid day in their 36 holes and enter the final 18 holes on Tuesday in seventh place at 3-over par, but only three shots off of fourth-place Michigan, which is even par.
 
Junior Viktor Forslund led the way for North Texas, as he shot 2-under par through the first two rounds and is tied for ninth place. Sophomore Lenny Bergsson is at even-par and tied for 17th, and redshirt junior Kristof Ulenaers is at 1-over and in a tie for 23rd. Freshman Alejandro Madariaga is at 4-over par and tied for 40th.
 
The tournament is being played under the Maxwell format, which is unique in that all players from a team are paired together, so the players and coaches get to all be together throughout the day.
 
UNT coach Brad Stracke said the format gave him a new perspective of his team, and he was pleased with the day.
 
"Coaches and players get to watch every shot, and I believe the team learned a lot today, I know I did," Stracke said. "Viktor, Kristof, Lenny and Alejandro all played solid today."
 
The Mean Green will tee off Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., beginning on the sixth hole, in a shotgun start. Live scoring can be found on GolfStat.

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Team Leaderboard
Through 36 holes
1. No. 6 SMU (-12)
2. Liberty (-11)
3. No. 11 Baylor (-6)
4. Michigan (E)
5. New Mexico (+1)
6. No. 40 Charlotte (+2)
7. North Texas (+3)
8. Kansas State (+5)
9. Kent State (+7)
T10. UT San Antonio (+18)
T10. Iowa (+10)
12. Nebraska (+34)
 
Individual Leaderboard
T9. Viktor Forslund (-2)
T17. Lenny Bergsson (E)
T23. Kristof Ulenaers (+1)
T40. Alejandro Madariaga (+4)
T64. Zak Karkaletsos (+13)