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Amer Ari Invitational
No. 7 Men's Golf moves into fourth place at Amer Ari Invitational
02.03.2011 | Men's Golf
Feb. 3, 2011
KOHALA COAST, Hawaii - No. 7 Texas collectively shot a 10-under 278 and moved up two spots into a tie for fourth place Thursday through round two of the Amer Ari Invitational at the Waikoloa King's Course.
The Longhorns sit at 16-under par for the tournament and stand nine shots back of 36-hole leader Oklahoma State. Oregon's Daniel Miernicki holds a two-shot individual lead at 13-under with one round remaining.
Senior Bobby Hudson was the low Longhorn on the day after carding a five-under 67 that featured seven birdies. Hudson (Memphis, Tenn.) moves into fifth place at 8-under par after ending round one in 10th place. Sophomore Cody Gribble (Dallas, Texas) continued his solid play and fired a one-under 71 in round two behind birdies at the second, fourth, fifth and 13th holes. Gribble is tied for 18th place at 4-under par.
Junior Dylan Frittelli (Pretoria, South Africa) matched Gribble's one-under 71 and sank birdies at the fourth, 10th and 14th holes. Frittelli is tied for 23rd place at 3-under par. Sophomore Julio Vegas (Maturin, Venezuela) shaved five strokes off of his opening round and carded a three-under 69 with birdies at the sixth, 11th, 12th and 15th holes. Vegas is tied for 38th place at 1-under par.
Freshman Toni Hakula (Espoo, Finland), competing in his first college event, took six shots off of his opening round and carded a one-under 71 in round two behind birdies at the second, 14th and 18th holes. Hakula is tied for 82nd place at 4-over par. Playing as an individual, junior Adam Wennerstrom (Austin, Texas) carded an even-par 72 in the second round and is tied for 66th place at 2-over par.
Texas tees off in the third and final round on Friday at 11:30 a.m. Central (7:30 a.m. local).
POST-ROUND COMMENTS
Texas head coach John Fields
"While we left a few shots out there today, I was really pleased with the way we played. We will be in the hunt (for the team title) tomorrow. Bobby Hudson played really solid golf today with a 67. Julio Vegas was outstanding with his 2-under 69, and with a bit more experience, he will turn rounds like today into even better numbers. With Dylan Frittelli, Cody Gribble and Toni Hakula all carding 71's, we had everyone under par."
Amer Ari Invitational - Waikoloa King's Course
T4. TEXAS 282-278-560 (-16)
Texas Players
5. Bobby Hudson 69-67-136 (-8
T18. Cody Gribble 69-71-140 (-4)
T23. Dylan Frittelli 70-71-141 (-3)
T38. Julio Vegas 74-69-143 (-1)
T66. (i) Adam Wennerstrom 74-72-146 (+2)
T82. Toni Hakula 77-71-148 (+4)
