Feb. 12, 2004
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech held onto its lead after posting a three-over-par score of 291 Thursday, but the 5th-ranked Yellow Jackets watched their advantage shrink as UC-Davis and UCLA crept to within two shots after the second round of the Taylor Made-Waikoloa Intercollegiate.
Tech has a 36-hole total of 563, 13 shots under par over the 7,074-yard, par 72 King’s Course. UC-Davis fired a seven-under-par 281 Thursday, and UCLA shot 283 and are tied for second place at 11-under-par 565. Washington holds fourth place at 566, with Arizona State and Arkansas another five strokes back at 571.
Junior Chan Wongluekiet posted Tech’s best score of the day, a 71 that lifted him into eighth place in the medal race at four-under-par 140. Nicholas Thompson was unable to keep his first-round pace (a 64), carding a 77 that dropped him into 13th place at three-under-par 141.
Freshman Kevin Larsen shot 73 and is tied for 20th place at one-under 143. Mike Barbosa is tied for 29th at even-par 144, and Roberto Castro is tied for 48th at 146.
TEAM SCORESGeorgia Tech 272-291 -- 563UCLA 282-283 -- 565UC-Davis 284-281 -- 563Washington 283-283 -- 566Arizona State 283-288 -- 571Arkansas 293-278 -- 571Southern California 286-288 -- 574Stanford 284-294 -- 578TCU 285-294 -- 579Pepperdine 295-284 -- 579Nagoya (Japan) 293-286 -- 579Hawai'i-Hilo 289-291 -- 580Oklahoma 296-284 -- 580Texas Tech 296-285 -- 581Nevada-Reno 295-287 -- 582Oregon 294-289 -- 583Rhode Island 294-293 -- 587Tulsa 293-296 -- 589Oregon State 298-297 -- 595Houston 303-301 -- 604Hawai'i-Menoa 206-298 -- 604
GEORGIA TECH SCORES Chan Wongluekiet (8th) 69-71 — 140 Nicholas Thompson (13th) 64-77 — 141 Kevin Larsen (t-20th) 70-73 — 143 Mike Barbosa (t-29th) 69-75 — 144 Roberto Castro (t-48th) 74-72 — 146
