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Stone cards even-par 72 on day two at Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters
03.09.2013 | Men's Golf
March 9, 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Freshman Brandon Stone led the No. 2 Texas Men's Golf team in Saturday's second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters with an even-par 72. Stone, one of just 19 players in the field to card even-par or better in the round, jumped 24 places on the individual leaderboard into a tie for 44th place at 6-over 150.
Saturday's scorecards averaged 74.75 strokes per round, just a touch better than Friday's 74.94 average.
Stone shaved six strokes from his second round score after opening tournament play with a 78 in Friday's trying course conditions. Beginning on the back nine, Stone started off par-bogey-bogey-par before he sank his first of four birdies on No. 14. After a third bogey on No. 17 and second birdie on No. 18, Stone made the turn at 1-over where he remained through 12 holes. On No. 4, his 13th, Stone dropped to even with a third birdie attempt. His final five holes began with three straight pars before a bogey-birdie finish to result in his even 72.
Junior Toni Hakula trails Stone by one stroke at 7-over 151 after notching a 74 Saturday afternoon. Hakula had four birdies - all in his final 10 holes - to counter two bogeys and two double bogeys. He is tied for 48th place entering Sunday's final round.
Junior Brax McCarthy (78-76) and sophomore Kramer Hickok (74-80) are tied for 67th, and senior Julio Vegas (77-80) is three strokes back and tied for 76th place.
California (285-280=565, -11) has built a 10-stroke lead over second place Alabama (289-286=575) through 36 holes. Stanford (286-290=576) rounds out the top three in the 15-team field.
Sunday's final round is set to begin at 10 a.m. Central off Nos. 1 and 10. Texas is paired alongside Oklahoma and Georgia and will again start on the back nine beginning at 11:12 a.m.
Second-round Team Standings
Southern Highlands GC (par 72; 7,510 yards)
1. California - 285-280=565 (-11)
2. Alabama - 289-286=575 (-1)
3. Stanford - 286-290=576 (E)
4. New Mexico - 291-290=581 (+5)
5. UCLA - 291=291=582 (+6)
T6. Georgia Tech - 295-294=589 (+13)
T6. Texas A&M - 292-297=589 (+13)
T8. Oklahoma State - 296-295=591 (+15)
T8. Duke - 297-294=591 (+15)
10. Southern California - 293-300=593 (+17)
T11. Florida - 292-304=596 (+20)
T11. UNLV - 299-297=596 (+20)
13. Oklahoma - 298-302=600 (+24)
14. Georgia - 303-304=607 (+31)
15. Texas - 306-302=608 (+32)
Second-round Player Leaderboard
T1. Patrick Rodgers, Stanford - 66-73=139 (-5)
T1. Cory Whitsett, Alabama - 68-71=139 (-5)
3. James Erkenbeck, New Mexico - 69-72=141 (-3)
T4. Mads Soegaard, Duke - 73-69=142 (-2)
T4. Cameron Wilson, Stanford - 71-71=142 (-2)
T7. Anton Arboleda, UCLA - 71-72=143 (-1)
T7. Michael Kim, California - 76-67=143 (-1)
T7. Michael Schoolcraft, Oklahoma - 73-70=143 (-1)
T7. Scott Strohmeyer, Alabama - 70-73=143 (-1)
T7. Michael Weaver, California - 72-71=143 (-1)
Texas Players
T44. Brandon Stone - 78-72=150 (+6)
T48. Toni Hakula - 77-74=151 (+7)
T67. Brax McCarthy - 78-76=154 (+10)
T67. Kramer Hickok - 74-80=154 (+10)
76. Julio Vegas - 77-80=157 (+13)
