Men's Golf Storms Back Into Contention At John Hayt Collegiate InvitationalMen's Golf Storms Back Into Contention At John Hayt Collegiate Invitational

Men's Golf Storms Back Into Contention At John Hayt Collegiate Invitational

John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Day Two Results
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Feb. 19, 2007

Ponte Vedra, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF men's golf team stormed back into contention at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational after firing a 284 (-4) in round two action at the Par 72, 6,805-yard Sawgrass Country Club on Monday. A day after posting the highest score in the tournament, the Golden Knights vaulted into a tie for third in the team standings with the lowest team score of the day and the only one registered under par by the 15-team field.

The improvement from round one was 31 strokes as a trio of Golden Knights each fired 69's to help the squad bounce back from a slow start. Sophomore Greg Forest (Palm City, Fla./Martin County) is the top Knight on the individual board after moving into a tie for third with his three-under par tally.

Junior Giwon Suh (Orlando, Fla./Olympia) also cracked the top 10, improving 10 strokes from his opening-round score of 79 to sit in a tie for sixth. Sophomore Preston Brown turned in the best turnaround of the day, firing a career-low 69 after posting an 81 (+12) in Sunday's first round. Brown is tied for 15th.

The threesome helped the Knights jump 12 spots in the team standings and cut what at the beginning of the day was a 12-storke deficit to leader Alabama down to five entering Tuesday's third and final round. The Knights are tied with Vanderbilt in third at 599 (+23). The Crimson Tide (595, +19) holds a three-shot lead on second place Coastal Carolina (598, +22).

Team LeaderboardRank Team R1 R2 Total1 Alabama 303 291 594 (+18)2 Coastal Carolina 309 289 598 (+22)3 Vanderbilt 304 295 599 (+23)4 UCF 315 284 599 (+23)5 Georgia State 305 297 602 (+26)6 UAB 312 293 605 (+29)7 UCLA 309 297 606 (+31)8 North Florida 309 298 607 (+35)9 Augusta State 307 303 610 (+36)10 Charlotte 307 305 612 (+37)11 LSU 310 303 613 (+37)12 Tennessee 313 302 615 (+39)13 Pepperdine 311 309 620 (+44)14 South Carolina 311 311 622 (+46)15 Notre Dame 311 314 625 (+49)
Individual LeaderboardRank Player (Place) R1 R2 Total1 Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina 73 68 141 (-3)2 Jon Curran, Vanderbilt 73 71 144 (E)T3 Greg Forest, UCF 76 69 145 (+1)T3 Kevin Chappell, UCLA 72 73 145 (+1)T3 Bryan Jones, Georgia Southern 70 68 138 (-2)5 Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest 71 68 139 (-1)
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