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By Weinman - Play has begun at the 2009 Mason Rudolph Championships at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin. VU junior Ryan Haselden is pictured above driving down the middle on the first hole of the South Course.

If you can't make it out to the course, keep up with all the action live at Golfstat.

Men's Live Scoring
Women's Live Scoring

Marina Alex first-round results at U.S. Open

By A. Boggs - Vanderbilt rising sophomore fired an 82 at the U.S. Women’s Open at the Saucon Valley Golf Course in Bethlehem, Pa., which places her in a tie for 143^rd place after day one.

Alex posted one birdie, five pars, and 12 bogeys in her inaugural round at the Open. Alex, who teed off on the first hole in the afternoon, fired a 43 on the front nine and a 39 on the back.

Alex returns to the course on Friday for her second round, which begins at 9:01 a.m. ET.

Click here for complete results of the first round.

Alex at the U.S. Open

By A. Boggs - Marina Alex's first round at the U.S. Women's Open is now underway, and you can follow her score here.

Many of you have seen her blog on vucommodores.com (click here if you haven't), but Brendan Prunty of the New Jersey Star-Ledger came to Pennsylvania and wrote a great article about Marina's experiences so far at the Open.

You can check out Prunty's story here.

Good this weekend Marina!