March 8, 2008
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Cameron Tringale shot a 3-under-par 69 Saturday to move into second place individually, but Georgia Tech was unable to gain ground on the lead and remained in eighth place after 36 holes of the Southern Highlands Intercollegiate golf tournament in Las Vegas, Nev.
Tringale, a two-time All-American, played a no-bogey round with birdies at the fifth, 13th and 18th holes to complete 36 holes at 4-under 140. Tied with four other players, he finds himself four shots off the pace of Georgia’s Hudson Swafford, who fired a 6-under 66 Saturday and stands at 8-under 136 for the tournament.
Tech sophomore Chesson Hadley posted a 1-under-par 71 and is tied for 13th place. He posted a pair of birdies and an eagle early in his round, but could not sustain the momentum on the back nine, where he gave back two shots with bogeys.
The Yellow Jackets counted a 77 from junior David Dragoo (tied for 65th) and a 78 from junior Taylor Hall (tied for 40th) in their 7-over-par round of 295. John Tyler Griffin played his second straight round of 80.
On the strength of Swafford’s 66 and a 70 from Adam Mitchell, Georgia shot 3-under 285 and moved into the 36-hole team lead at 2-under 574. Host UNLV is two shots behind at even par, and Charlotte holds third place a 2-over.
Southern California is fourth at 4-over, UCLA and Texas A&M are tied for fifth at 8-over, and Arizona State is in seventh at 13-over.
Sunday’s final round begins at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Click here for live scoring.
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COLLEGIATESouthern Highlands Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.Second-Round Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Georgia 289 285 574 -2 2 UNLV 288 288 576 E 3 Charlotte 289 289 578 +2 4 Southern California 285 295 580 +4 T5 UCLA 288 296 584 +8 T5 Texas A&M 291 293 584 +8 7 Arizona State 298 291 589 +13 8 Georgia Tech 297 295 592 +16 9 Arizona 297 296 593 +17 10 Florida 293 301 594 +18 T11 Texas 305 296 601 +25 T11 Oklahoma State 297 304 601 +25 13 Minnesota 306 309 615 +39 14 Hawaii 308 317 625 +49 15 Air Force 319 315 634 +58
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Hudson Swafford, Georgia 70 66 136 -8 T2 Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech 71 69 140 -4 T2 Robert Gates, Jr., Texas A&M 72 68 140 -4 T2 Jonas Enander Hedin, Charlotte 68 72 140 -4 T2 Rory Hie, Southern California 71 69 140 -4 T2 Erik Flores, UCLA 70 70 140 -4 T7 Adam Mitchell, Georgia 71 70 141 -3 T7 Seung-su Han, UNLV 75 66 141 -3 9 Matt Kinsinger, UNLV 68 74 142 -2 T10 Billy Horschel, Florida 71 72 143 -1 T10 Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State 70 73 143 -1 T10 Stefan Wiedergruen, Charlotte 75 68 143 -1 T13 Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech 73 71 144 E T13 Tarquin MacManus, Arizona 75 69 144 E T13 Eddie Olson, UNLV 71 73 144 E T13 Jamie Lovemark, Southern California 69 75 144 E
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T2 Cameron Tringale 71 69 140 -4 T13 Chesson Hadley 73 71 144 E T40 Taylor Hall 73 78 151 +7 T65 David Dragoo 80 77 157 +10 T74 John Tyler Griffin 80 80 160 +16
