March 12, 2011
Complete results and live scoring
Griffin drops a long putt
Werenski knocks a pitch shot close
Las Vegas, Nev. – Kyle Scott shot a steady 72 to pace Georgia Tech Saturday, and the 4th-ranked Yellow Jackets matched their first-round score of 294 and stand in fifth place after the second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters.
Scott, a senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, had two birdies and two bogeys on his card to remain at even-par 144 for 326 holes, tied for seventh place individually, nine shots off the pace of Texas A&M’s Jordan Russell. Russell added a 1-under 71 to his first-round 64 and stands at 9-under 135.
John-Tyler Griffin and James White each shot 74 for the Yellow Jackets Friday, while freshman Richard Werenski added a 75 to complete the Tech scoring. Griffin is tied for 10th place at 1-over-par 145, while White is tied for 17th place at 148.
“We let it get away from us a little today,” said head coach Bruce Heppler. “We got off to a tough start, got it back to 1-over at the 13th hole, then struggled on the last five holes. We played pretty well overall, but played the 15th, 16th and 17th poorly.”
California was the hot team Saturday, getting four subpar scores and shooting a 12-under 276 for the round to take the 36-hole lead. The Bears stand at 6-under-par 570, the only team under par for 36 holes, six strokes ahead of first-round leader Texas A&M (even-par 576), and 10 clear of top-ranked Oklahoma State (4-over 580). No. 2 UCLA, which shot 5-under par Saturday, is in fourth place at 8-over 584. Tech has a 36-hole total of 588.
Arizona State, Duke, UNLV, TCU and No. 7 Texas round out the top 10 teams in the 15-team field, which includes eight of the nation’s top 25 teams.
The Yellow Jackets begin the final round off the first tee at 11 a.m. Eastern time Sunday.
SHC MASTERSSouthern Highlands Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.36-hole Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 California 294 276 570 -6 2 Texas A&M 280 296 576 E 3 Oklahoma State 294 286 580 +4 4 UCLA 301 283 584 +8 5 Georgia Tech 294 294 588 +12 6 Arizona State 292 303 595 +19 T7 Duke 304 292 596 +20 T7 UNLV 303 293 596 +20 9 TCU 301 300 601 +25 10 Texas 294 308 602 +26 11 Georgia 305 298 603 +27 12 Southern California 311 294 605 +29 T13 Baylor 305 301 606 +30 T13 Texas Tech 299 307 606 +30 15 Arizona 306 312 618 +42
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Jordan Russell Texas A&M 64 71 135 -9 2 Morgan Hoffmann Oklahoma State 69 68 137 -7 3 Stephen Hale California 70 68 138 -6 4 Ben An California 72 69 141 -3 5 Patrick Cantlay UCLA 75 67 142 -2 6 Dylan Frittelli Texas 70 73 143 -1 T7 Sean Einhaus Oklahoma State 72 72 144 E T7 Nils Floren Texas Tech 73 71 144 E T7 Kyle Scott Georgia Tech 72 72 144 E T10 Connor Driscoll UCLA 73 72 145 +1 T10 J.T. Griffin Georgia Tech 71 74 145 +1 T10 Jesper Kennegard Arizona State 71 74 145 +1 T10 Wes Roach Duke 74 71 145 +1 14 Conrad Shindler Texas A&M 69 77 146 +2 T15 Scott Pinckney Arizona State 70 77 147 +3 T15 Jeremiah Wooding UNLV 77 70 147 +3 T17 Tim Gornik Duke 78 70 148 +4 T17 Max Homa California 77 71 148 +4 T17 Daniel Jennevret TCU 71 77 148 +4 T17 Eric Mina California 75 73 148 +4 T17 Ryan O’Rear Baylor 75 73 148 +4 T17 James White Georgia Tech 74 74 148 +4
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T7 Kyle Scott (3) 72-72 — 144 T10 J.T. Griffin (2) 71-74 — 145 T17 James White (1) 74-74 — 148 T41 Paul Haley (4) 77-75 — 152 T49 Richard Werenski (5) 79-74 — 153
