Oct. 23, 2006
ATLANTA –
Roberto Castro birdied four holes en route to a two-under-par 70 on Monday, moving into contention for the individual title at the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate in Windermere, Fla.
Tech, meanwhile, rallied from a tie for 13th after 18 holes to a tie for fourth at one point on the back nine, but fell back to a tie for 11th after a nine-over-par score of 297. Texas surged into the 36-hole lead with a three-under 285 on Monday and leads Oklahoma State (286 Monday) by one shot. The Yellow Jackets are 16 strokes back.
The Tech senior from Alpharetta, Ga., carded three birdies on his front nine and one on the back, and might have scored even better if not for a double-bogey at the ninth hole. It was his fourth subpar round in eight at the 7,544-yard Isleworth Country Club.
“I played well yesterday but was a little unlucky as I had two three putts,” Castro said after his round. “Today I made some putts and had a couple good breaks. I also hit it really well and had some birdie chances on almost every single hole.”
Coupled with his first-round 74, Castro is in a three-way tie for sixth place at even-par 144, four strokes behind Florida’s Toby Ragland (69-71 – 140). Only five golfers are under par through 36 holes, including Brian Harman of Georgia (141), Dustin Groves of Wake Forest (142), Tyler Leon of Oklahoma State and Kevin Schultz of Texas (both at 143).
Taylor Hall and David Dragoo each shot 75 for Tech Monday, while Cameron Tringale followed his first-round 70 with a 77 and fell back to a tie for 22nd individually.
Tech tees off at 8:04 a.m. in Tuesday’s final round. Live scoring is available at www.golfstatresults.com.
ISLEWORTH-UCF COLLEGIATE INVITATIONALIsleworth Country Club, Windermere, Fla.Second-Round Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Texas 294 285 579 +3 2 Oklahoma State 294 286 580 +4 3 Florida 294 292 586 +10 4 Clemson 297 291 588 +12 5 Kentucky 300 290 590 +14 T6 Duke 296 295 591 +15 T6 Tennessee 293 298 591 +15 T6 Georgia 291 300 591 +15 9 North Carolina 296 297 593 +17 10 Florida State 297 297 594 +18 T11 Arizona 295 300 595 +19 T11 Georgia Tech 298 297 595 +19 T13 South Carolina 292 304 596 +20 T13 Georgia State 297 299 596 +20 15 Wake Forest 307 291 598 +22 16 Texas A&M 298 301 599 +23 17 Texas Tech 300 304 604 +28 18 UCF 318 300 618 +42
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Toby Ragland Florida 69 71 140 -4 2 Brian Harman Georgia 70 71 141 -3 3 Dustin Groves Wake Forest Univ. 75 67 142 -2 T4 Tyler Leon Oklahoma State 74 69 143 -1 T4 Kevin Schultz Texas 75 68 143 -1 T6 Roberto Castro Georgia Tech 74 70 144 E T6 Martin Piller Texas A&M University 70 74 144 E T6 Ryan Posey Oklahoma State 73 71 144 E T9 Brad Doster Kentucky, U. of 77 68 145 +1 T9 Creighton Honeck Arizona 71 74 145 +1 T9 Andy Winings Kentucky, U. of 71 74 145 +1
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T6 Roberto Castro Georgia Tech 74 70 144 E T22 Cameron Tringale Georgia Tech 70 77 147 +3 T46 David Dragoo Georgia Tech 75 75 150 +6 T70 Taylor Hall Georgia Tech 79 75 154 +10 T87 Adam Cohan Georgia Tech 80 83 163 +19
