SMU men's golf in third place at John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawaii

The SMU golf team traveled to Honolulu to play in the John Burns Intercollegiate at the Turtle Bay Resort's Palmer Course.

The team shot 289 in the opening round.

This is their first tournament of the second semester season.

No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 23 California came in with 283 for the first round to tie for the lead.

The Mustangs were led by Kelly Kraft and Max Buckley.

Kraft shot 69 and Buckley shot 71. This put Buckley in eighth and Kraft tied for third.

Conrad Shindler of Texas A&M and California's Max Homa of California share the lead with scores of 68.

The tournament goes thro-ugh Friday, and consists of 17 teams from all over the United States.

Thursday's round was played at the Palmer Course and Friday was played at the Fazio Course.