Eason Leads After Two Rounds in AugustaEason Leads After Two Rounds in Augusta

Eason Leads After Two Rounds in Augusta

April 6, 2013

UCF Athletics Social Media Directory

By Andy Seeley
UCFAthletics.com

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UCFAthletics.com) - UCF junior Greg Eason shot back-to-back rounds of 2-under Saturday at the Insperity Augusta State Invitational. At 4-under for the tournament, being played at Forest Hills Golf Club, Eason is tied for the individual lead.

As a team, UCF is in 11th place at +22. Host school Augusta State leads the tournament at even par after two rounds, while No. 6 Texas (+2) and No. 17 Georgia (+4) round out the top three in the 15-team event. The Knights shot 16-over in the first round, but rebounded to go just six-over in the second round.

Eason was 3-over after his front nine. However, he brought his first round home strong, recording birdies on five of the final nine holes to go 2-under. In the second round, Eason recorded an eagle, a double bogey and a bogey to be +1 at the turn. However, he was solid on the back nine again, tallying three birdies to move to 4-under and grab a share of the lead.

McCabe Buege and Jose Joia are both 8-over and tied for 50th place. Buege shot back-to-back rounds of 76 (+4), while Joia opened with a 79 (+7), but came back with a 73 (+1) in the second round. Ricardo Gouveia was the final scoring competitor for UCF after the first two rounds. At 10-over, he is tied for 58th. Kyle Wilshire is tied for 69th at +12.

Sunday's third and final round of the Insperity Augusta State Invitational is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Follow along with live scoring by clicking here.