HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. --- Junior Douglas Bailey had his opening round at the NCAA Division III Men's Golf National Championships cut short after just 10 holes, sitting tied for 28^th place at even-par. 
 
The national championship is held at Mission Inn Golf Resort outside of Orlando, Florida. Play is split between two separate courses, as well as split starts on the front and back nines. Bailey began the tournament on Tuesday at the Las Colinas course at Mission Inn. 
 
With the lightning delay cutting round one short for the afternoon wave of competition, Bailey is now forced to finish round one on Wednesday morning before heading over to Mission Inn's El Campeon course to begin round two shortly thereafter. 
 
Bailey began his tournament on hole ten on Tuesday, making a birdie three on the 392-yard par four. He later made bogey on the par-three 15^th hole, otherwise cruising to a par on each of the other eight holes of play. The junior is tied amongst 25 others at even-par for the tournament, all chasing Kenyon's Adrian Jordan who carded a five-under 67 in round one. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps leads the team standings at four-under, just ahead of Carnegie Mellon at three-under.
 
Following Wednesday's round(s), Bailey aims to be one of the top-six individuals not on one of the top-18 remaining teams in order to compete on Thursday and Friday. 
 
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