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)
UCF Individual Statistics (Top four scores of each round count towards team score)Player (Place) R1 R2 TotalGreg Forest (T3) 76 69 145 (+1)Giwon Suh (T6) 79 69 148 (+4)Preston Brown (T15) 81 69 150 (+6)Mike Stern (T49) 79 77 156 (+12)Nuno Henriques (T71) 84 78 162 (+18)="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>