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Hudson leads Men's Golf in round two of NCAA Championships
06.02.2010 | Men's Golf
June 2, 2010
Round 2 Results (incomplete through Wednesday evening) 
Round 2 Results (complete)
UPDATE: Texas will tee off on Thursday at 9:17 a.m. Central from the first tee.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Texas junior Bobby Hudson fired a 2-under 70 to pace the Longhorns Wednesday in round two of the 2010 NCAA Men's Golf Championships at The Honors Course (par 72, 7,395 yards).
The Longhorns carded an 8-over 296 in Wednesday's second round of stroke play. Texas finished the day in a tie for 17th place at 10-over par for the tournament after opening the day tied for 10th place at 2-over par. Florida State leads through two rounds at 14-under par, and Oklahoma State sits in second at 9-under par. Georgia Tech is in third at 4-under par, and Augusta State sits in fourth at 1-under par. Florida and San Diego are tied for fifth at even-par. San Diego's Alex Ching leads individually at 9-under par.
Nine teams - all outside of the top-10 in the team standings - were unable to complete their second rounds Wednesday due to a two-hour weather delay. The nine teams will finish their second rounds on Thursday beginning at 6 a.m. Central. The third round of stroke play will begin Thursday no earlier than 8 a.m. Central.
Texas' third-round tee time will officially be determined upon the completion of the second round. If the Longhorns remain outside of the top-15 after the second round has completed, Texas likely will open its third round between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Central. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.
The 30-team field will be pared down to the top-eight teams after Thursday's third and final round of stroke play. The remaining eight teams will begin a match-play event to determine the NCAA team champion with the match-play quarterfinals to begin on Friday. The individual national champion will be crowned after Thursday's final stroke-play round.
Hudson (Memphis, Tenn.) easily topped his career-best NCAA Championships round with his 2-under 70. Hudson parred his first seven holes before sinking an eagle at the 17th hole, a par-five at 545 yards. Hudson dropped his only bogey of the day at No. 18 and made the turn with a 35. Hudson played spotless golf on holes one through nine and sank a birdie at the sixth hole. Hudson is tied for 33rd place at even-par heading into the Thursday's final stroke-play round.
Senior Lance Lopez carded a 3-over 75 in Wednesday's second round and tapped in a birdie at the sixth hole. Lopez (Missouri City, Texas), who shot a 3-under 69 in Tuesday's opening round, joins Hudson in a tie for 33rd place at even-par. Sophomore Dylan Frittelli also carded a 3-over 75 and sank birdies at the 11th and second holes. Frittelli (Pretoria, South Africa) is tied for 68th place at 3-over par.
Freshman Cody Gribble shot a 4-over 76 on Wednesday and scattered birdies at the 16th, fourth and sixth holes. Gribble (Dallas, Texas) is tied for 117th place at 7-over par. Senior Charlie Holland (Dallas, Texas) carded an 8-over 80 in the second round and is tied for 136th place at 11-over par.
2010 NCAA Men's Golf Championships
The Honors Course (par 72, 7,395 yards) -Chattanooga, Tenn.
Top-10 Team Standings
1 Florida State 283-279-562 (-14)
2 Oklahoma State 283-284-567 (-9)
3 Georgia Tech 290-282-572 (-4)
4 Augusta State 287-288-575 (-1)
T5 Florida 287-289-576 (E)
T5 San Diego 294-282-576 (E)
T7 Washington 289-288-577 (+1)
T7 Clemson 286-291-577 (+1)
T9 Oregon 284-294-578 (+2)
T9 Arizona State 286-292-578 (+2)
T17. TEXAS 290-296-586 (+10)
Texas Players
T33. Lance Lopez 69-75-144 (E)
T33. Bobby Hudson 74-70-144 (E)
T68. Dylan Frittelli 72-75-147 (+3)
T117. Cody Gribble 75-76-151 (+7)
T136. Charlie Holland 75-80-155 (+11)
POST-ROUND COMMENTS
Texas head coach John Fields
"It was a tough day. It was a day where we could have played really well. I don't feel like we played terrible golf out there, because this is such a great golf course. Bobby Hudson's 70 obviously helped us hang in there, which was extremely important for this team today. But, it was one of those days where it could have gone a little better, and it did not. The only thing we can be focused on is getting off to a good start tomorrow and playing good golf.
"I was just telling the team, 'If you hit fairways and greens out here, you're going to play well. If you try to play from the rough, or if you get angry and get outside of your concentration, this golf course will beat you.' This is a great golf course, and every hole has danger associated with it. If you don't bring it, you will get beat up. The course just asks you from the moment you hit the very first ball off of the tee to be focused and hit fairways. You have to hit greens and play your best."
