The 1st round of the 67th Eastern Amateur is complete and Oakley Gee, a redshirt sophomore at the University of Kentucky birdied his last hole to take a one-shot lead at 7-under 63. Gee made 8 birdies against a single bogey. He started quick with birdies on his first 3 holes and turned in 4-under. Three more birdies on 12 thru 14 got him to 7-under through 14 before his only dropped shot on 15. Robb Kinder, former Division III All-American from Christopher Newport is a shot back at 64 that included 7 birdies. Six golfers are tied at 4-under including Trey Marrion from Chesapeake (Illinois commit), David Stanford from Virginia Tech, North Carolina State’s Cade McLaughlin, Bucknell golfer Andres Barraza, UNC Greensboro’s Branden Boyce and Grant Lester from Columbia.
