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Gifford Intercollegiate
No. 4 Men's Golf heads into final round of Gifford Collegiate in fifth place
11.04.2014 | Men's Golf
Freshman Doug Ghim is tied for sixth after 36 holes.
Round Two Individual Leaderboard
SAN MARTIN, Calif, -- No. 4 Texas men's golf sits in fifth place after 36 holes at the Gifford Collegiate after shooting 362 (+7) in the play-six, pick-five format.
Freshman Scottie Scheffler was the low Texas golfer in the second round after firing an even-par 71. Scheffler (74-71=147, +3) heads into Wednesday's final round with a share of 29th.
Seniors Brax McCarthy and Kramer Hickok recorded 1-over-par 72s in the second round. McCarthy is in 38th while Hickok heads into the final round in 49th.
Sophomore Beau Hossler carded a 2-over-par 73 for a share of 18th.
Freshman Doug Ghim is closest to the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes for Texas with a tie for sixth after a 3-over-par 140.
USC (353-345=698) is atop the team leaderboard, while UCLA's Jake Knapp (66-70=136) is leading the medalist honors.
The Longhorns will tee off Wednesday's final round alongside Stanford and South Florida in a shotgun start at 11 a.m. CT.
Gifford Collegiate
Cordevalle Golf Club (Par 71-7,360 yards)
Team Leaderboard
1. Southern California – 353-345=698 (-12)
2. UCLA – 355-346=701 (-9)
3. Northwestern – 360-353=713 (+3)
4. Stanford – 362-357=719 (+9)
5. TEXAS – 359-362=721 (+11)
6. South Florida – 363-360=723 (+13)
7. SMU – 371-355=726 (+16)
8. Colorado – 367-363=730 (+20)
9. Wisconsin – 368-374=742 (+32)
10. Lamar – 385-361=746 (+36)
Player Leaderboard
1. Jake Knapp, UCLA – 66-70=136 (-6)
T2. Dylan Wu, Northwestern – 69-68=137 (-5)
T2. Sean Crocker, Southern California – 69-68=137 (-5)
4. Lorens Chan, UCLA – 71-67=138 (-4)
5. Austin Smotherman, SMU – 70-69=139 (-3)
T6. 7 players tied at 2-under-par 140
Texas Players
T6. Doug Ghim – 66-74=140 (-2)
T18. Beau Hossler – 70-73=143 (+1)
T29. Scottie Scheffler – 74-71=145 (+3)
T38. Brax McCarthy – 75-72=147 (+5)
T41. Gavin Hall – 74-74=148 (+6)
T49. Kramer Hickok – 77-72=149 (+7)
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