April 14, 2007
Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF men's golf team posted a 292 (+4) in the second round of the Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational to remain in 12th-place in the team standings. The Knights struggled during their front nine, which was holes 10-18, but a strong finish saw the four golfers who counted toward the team score combine to shoot eight-under on holes 1-9 at the Karsten Golf Course (Par 72, 7,057 yards) in Tempe, Ariz.
Oregon extended its lead in the team standings to five strokes with another strong round, backing up a 277 (-11) in the opening with a second round score of 279 (-9). The Ducks (556, -20) have a five shot lead on Texas A&M (561, -15). Oregon's Derek Sipe continues to lead the race for medalist honors with a two day total of (131, -13).
UCF freshman Nuno Henriques (Funchal, Portugal/The Pendleton) led the Knights with six birdies in his second round and the freshman added an eagle on No. 2 to post his 72 (E). Henriques made his 15-foot eagle putt after driving the green on the 323-yard hole.
Sophomore Preston Brown (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Nease), who also carded a 72 (E) and freshman Mike Stern (Miami, Fla./Killian), who shot a 74 (+2) on Saturday, are tied for 36th and are the top Knights on the individual leaderboard.
Sophomore Greg Forest (Palm City, Fla./Martin County) shot a 42 on his front nine, but shaved 10 strokes off that total with a 32 (-3) on his back nine to card a 74 (+2). Forest had five birdies in his round.
Junior Giwon Suh (Orlando, Fla./Olympia) is tied for 46th after a second round score of 74 (+2). Suh, who made four birdes, was even par through 16 holes, but a double-bogey on No. 8, his 17th hole of the day cost him two strokes.
The three-day tournament concludes on Sunday with the final round.
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Team Leaderboard - (Second Round)Rank Team Totals1 Oregon 277-279 = 556 (-20)2 Texas A&M 282-279 = 561 (-15)3 Southern California 278-285 = 563 (-13)4 Arizona 287-277 = 564 (-12) Arizona State 281-283 = 564 (-12)6 New Mexico 291-277 = 568 (-8)7 UNLV 285-284 = 569 (-7) Oklahoma 282-287 = 569 (-7)9 Texas Tech 279-292 = 571 (-5)10 California 287-287 = 574 (-2)11 San Diego State 298-284 = 582 (+6)12 UCF 291-292 = 583 (+7)13 Baylor 288-298 = 586 (+10)14 Arizona State (B) 297-294 = 591 (+15)15 Fresno State 296-296 = 592 (+16)16 Kansas State 289-307 = 596 (+20)
Individual LeaderboardRank Player (School) Total1 Derek Sipe (Oregon) 65-66 = 131 (-13)2 Charlie Beljan (New Mexico) 66-67 = 133 (-11)3 Rory Hie (Southern California) 67-69 = 136 (-8) Aaron Goldberg (San Diego State) 70-66 = 136 (-8)5 Jesse Schutte (Oklahoma) 68-70 = 138 (-6) Steve Saunders (New Mexico) 71-67 = 138 (-6)
UCF Individuals (Place)Mike Stern (T36) 71-74 = 145 (+1)Preston Brown (T36) 73-72 = 145 (+1)Giwon Suh (T46) 72-74 = 146 (+2)Nuno Henriques (T59) 76-72 = 148 (+4)Greg Forest (T63) 75-74 = 149 (+5)