Sept. 16, 2006
ATLANTA – Taylor Hall shot a three-under-par 69 and Georgia Tech posted a one-under-par team score of 287, but the fourth-ranked Yellow Jackets lost ground on the field and stand in eighth place after 36 holes of the Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga.
Tech played the front nine of 6,906-yar,d par-72 The Farm Golf Club in five shots under par, but faltered on the back side to slip 18 shots off the pace set by fourth-ranked Clemson entering Sunday’s final round.
Roberto Castro bogeyed four of his last five holes to finish at even-par 72 for his round, while Kevin Larsen bogeyed three holes in the back for a 72 and Adam Cohan played the final three holes in three-over-par for a 74.
Hall, a sophomore from LaGrange, Ga., had only one bogey in his round of 69 after opening the tournament Friday with a 76.
Larsen, with a 36-hole total of 141 (-3), is tied for 10th place individually, while Castro is tied for 25th at 143 and Hall is tied for 37th at 145. Cameron Tringale shot 74 Saturday and is tied for 46th place at 147. Cohan’s 74 gave him a two-round score of 152 and a tie for 72nd place.
Clemson (8-under 280 Saturday, 18-under 558 for the tournament) benefited from an 8-under-par 64 from Ben Martin and took a three-shot lead over first-round leader Alabama, which shot 285 for a 36-hole score of 561 (-15). Florida, with the day’s best score of 276, moved into third place at 569, and Tennessee (281) is fourth at 571. Georgia State and NC State are tied for fifth place at 572.
NC State’s Darren Blair shot a 69 Saturday and maintained the individual lead at 10-under-par 134, two strokes ahead of Clemson’s Vince Hatfield.
CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATEThe Farm Golf Club, Rocky Face, Ga.Second-Round Results
TEAM SCORES 1 Clemson 278 280 558 -18 2 Alabama, U. of 276 285 561 -15 3 Florida 293 276 569 -7 4 Tennessee, Univ. of 290 281 571 -5 T5 Georgia State Univ. 286 286 572 -4 T5 North Carolina State 285 287 572 -4 7 Georgia 295 278 573 -3 8 Georgia Tech 289 287 576 E T9 Augusta State 289 289 578 +2 T9 Wake Forest Univ. 289 289 578 +2 11 East Tennessee St. 290 289 579 +3 12 Auburn 297 285 582 +6 T13 Duke University 289 295 584 +8 T13 Vanderbilt 290 294 584 +8 15 TCU 299 288 587 +11 16 Texas Tech 297 294 591 +15 17 South Carolina 309 290 599 +23 18 Texas 307 305 612
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Darren Blair North Carolina State 65 69 134 -10 2 Vince Hatfield Clemson 66 70 136 -8 3 Brendan Gielow Wake Forest Univ. 68 69 137 -7 T4 Billy Horschel Florida 71 67 138 -6 T4 Chris Kirk Georgia 68 70 138 -6 T4 Ben Martin Clemson 74 64 138 -6 7 Tom Sherreard Georgia State 70 69 139 -5 T8 Thomas Hagler Alabama, U. of 69 71 140 -4 T8 Gator Todd Alabama, U. of 68 72 140 -4 T10 Wallace Booth Augusta State 74 67 141 -3 T10 Kevin Larsen Georgia Tech 69 72 141 -3 T10 Toby Ragland Florida 71 70 141 -3 T10 Gareth Shaw East Tennessee St. 70 71 141 -3 T10 Joel Sjoholm Georgia State Univ. 73 68 141 -3 T10 Tino Weiss Tennessee, Univ. of 71 70 141 -3
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T10 Kevin Larsen 69 72 141 T25 Roberto Castro 71 72 143 T37 Taylor Hall 76 69 145 T46 Cameron Tringale 73 74 147 T72 Adam Cohan 78 74 152
