UVa Golfers in 24th Place After 2nd Round at NCAAs
Courtesy: VirginiaSports.com
Release: 05/29/2008
Courtesy: Brian Spurlock Amory Davis' 77 was UVa's second best score during the second round of the NCAA Championships.
West Lafayette, IN – The Virginia men’s golf team shot 19-over 307 during the second round of the NCAA Championships at Purdue’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex to stand in 24th place after 36 holes of play. Virginia shot 312 during Wednesday’s opening round and started the day in 21st place.
Clemson, one of two other ACC squads in the 30-team field, used an 11-under effort on its back nine to shoot even par 288 and pull into first place at 13-over 589. The 10th-ranked Tigers are one shot ahead of No. 5 UCLA and two strokes in front of No. 1 USC.
Following Friday’s third round, the field will be trimmed to 15 teams for Saturday’s final round. No. 2 Alabama finished the second round in 15th place at 30-over 606, 13 shots ahead of the Virginia.
Cavalier sophomore Kyle Stough led Virginia in scoring for the second consecutive round. He shot 1-over 73 and enters the third round in 17th place at 4-over 148. Stough picked up three birdies over his final seven holes to move into the top-20.
Freshman Will Collins is 96th for Virginia at 12-over 156, including a 78 in the second round. Senior Greg Carlin is 109th at 157. He shot 80 on Thursday. Freshman Amory Davis is 122nd overall including a 77 during the second round. Sophomore Steven Rojas rebounded from a disappointed first round when he shot 88 to post a 79 during his second 18 holes.
Florida’s Billy Horschel used a second-round 5-under 67 to take the lead in stroke play at 5-under 139. Clemson’s Kyle Stanley is in second place at 140.
Paired with Wake Forest and UC-Irvine, the Cavaliers will tee off at 12:47 p.m. from the first tee during the third round. There is a threat of thunderstorms in the area Friday. Links to live scoring of the tournament are at VirginiaSports.com and Golfstat.com.
NCAA Championships Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex – Kamden Course West Lafayette, IN Par-72, 7,450 yards Second Round Results
Team Results 1. Clemson (10) 301-288-589 2. UCLA (5) 297-293-590 3. USC (1) 297-294-591 4. Florida (7) 302-291-593 5. Oklahoma State (4) 298-296-594 6. Washington (49) 305-290-595 7. Georgia (3) 303-293-596 8. Stanford (8) 309-288-597 9. Kent State (27) 301-297-598 10. Charlotte (6) 306-295-601 11. Middle Tennessee State (46) 309-293-602 12. Texas A&M (19) 309-294-603 13. Arizona State (22) 311-293-604 13. Illinois (36) 302-302-604 15. Alabama (2) 309-297-606 16. Louisville (26) 311-296-607 17. UAB (17) 311-297-608 18. Auburn (14) 306-304-610 19. Penn State (33) 315-298-613 19. East Tennessee State (16) 313-300-613 19. San Diego State (23) 310-303-613 22. UC-Irvine (34) 320-297-617 23. Wake Forest (12) 314-304-618 24. Virginia 312-307-619 24. Oregon (29) 315-304-619 26. Texas (38) 311-309-620 27. Mississippi State (31) 326-297-623 27. Indiana (20) 313-310-623 29. Augusta State (40) 326-308-634 30. St. Mary’s 333-209-642 Golfstat ranking in parenthesis
Individual Leaders 1. Billy Horschel, Florida 72-67-139 2. Kyle Stanley, Clemson 72-68-140 3. Nick Taylor, Washington 75-66-141 4. Kevin Chappell, UCLA 69-73-142 4. Hudson Swafford, Georgia 73-69-142 6. Tim Sluiter, USC 70-73-143 7. Joel Sjoholm, Georgia State* 72-72-144 8. Jorge Campilo, Indiana 75-70-145 8. Chris DeForest, Illinois 75-70-145 10. Roy Hie, USC 74-72-146 10. David Markle, Kent State 70-70-146 10. Brad Smith, UAB 75-70-146 * Competing as an individual
Virginia Results 17. Kyle Stough 75-73-148 96. Will Collins 78-78-156 109. Greg Carlin 77-80-157 122. Amory Davis 82-77-159 150. Steven Rojas 88-79-167
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Courtesy: Brian Spurlock
