Oct. 3, 2006
ATLANTA – Roberto Castro shot a two-over-par 72 Tuesday to lead Georgia Tech, but the Yellow Jackets struggled on the back nine at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club and fell into a tie for 12th place after 36 holes of the PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational in Williamsburg, Va.
None of the 15 teams, 14 of which are ranked among the nation’s top 25, were able to break par on the par-70, 6.809-yard North Course Tuesday. Defending national champion Oklahoma State and UNLV fared best with even-par scores of 280, and the Cowboys are tied for the lead with Florida at two-over-par 562. The Rebels and Texas A&M are tied for third one shot back. Georgia is in fifth place, six shots off the lead.
Tech, which played the front nine at level par, went 17-over on the back and finished the day tied with Brigham Young at 25-over-par for the tournament, 23 shots off the lead. The final round is Wednesday, and live scoring is available on www.golfstatresults.com.
Castro, a senior from Alpharetta, Ga., birdied four holes on the front side, but bogeyed five coming in for his 72. he is tied for 29th place individually at four-over 144 for 36 holes, eight shots behind the Cowboys’ Pablo Martin, who shot 69 Tuesday and has a tournament total of 136, four under par.
A similar fate befell the rest of Tech’s golfers, with Cameron Tringale posting a 74, Taylor Hall a 75 and Kevin Larsen a 76, while Adam Cohan did not count for the Jackets after a 77.
PING/GOLFWEEK PREVIEW INVITATIONALGolden Horseshoe Golf Club, Williamsburg, Va.36-hole Results
TEAM STANDINGS T1 Oklahoma State 282 280 562 +2 T1 Florida 281 281 562 +2 T3 Texas A&M 280 283 563 +3 T3 UNLV 283 280 563 +3 5 Georgia 279 289 568 +8 6 Arizona State 287 284 571 +11 7 Clemson 290 282 572 +12 8 Lamar 285 288 573 +13 9 Kentucky 292 282 574 +14 10 Washington 298 283 581 +21 11 Minnesota 290 292 582 +22 T12 Georgia Tech 288 297 585 +25 T12 Brigham Young 287 298 585 +25 14 Wake Forest 295 291 586 +26 15 VCU 294 303 597 +37
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Pablo Martin Oklahoma State 67 69 136 -4 T2 Bronson LaCassie Minnesota 68 69 137 -3 T2 Niklas Lemke Arizona State 67 70 137 -3 T4 Bronson Burgoon Texas A&M 69 69 138 -2 T4 Ryan Keeney UNLV 71 67 138 -2 T4 Ben Martin Clemson 69 69 138 -2 T7 Brian Harman Georgia 69 70 139 -1 T7 Tyler Leon Oklahoma State 70 69 139 -1 T7 Manuel Villegas Florida 71 68 139 -1 T10 CJ Gatto UNLV 68 72 140 E T10 Billy Horschel Florida 70 70 140 E T10 Alex Volpenhein Kentucky 70 70 140 E
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T29 Roberto Castro 72 72 144 T43 Taylor Hall 71 75 146 T49 Cameron Tringale 73 74 147 T53 Adam Cohan 72 77 149 T63 Kevin Larsen 75 76 151
