Sept. 10, 2011
Complete results, tee times
Interview with Anders Albertson
Rocky Face, Ga. – Anders Albertson remained steady Saturday with a 2-under-par 70 to lead 4th-ranked Georgia Tech, but the rest of the young lineup struggled to score on a perfect day, and the Yellow Jackets fell to seventh place after 36 holes of the Carpet Capital Collegiate golf tournament.
Tech posted a 9-over-par score of 297 Saturday, which included an even-par 72 from sophomore Bo Andrews. Freshman Ollie Schniederjans added a 77, and sophomore Drew Czuchry a 78 to count for the Yellow Jackets, who wound up the day 14 strokes behind surging Auburn.
The Tigers shot a 9-under-par 279 Saturday for a 7-under-par tournament total of 569, bolting to a 5-stroke lead over Chattanooga, Tennessee and Clemson, each at 2-under-par for 36 holes. The Volunteers shot 7-under for the round. Alabama was fifth at 1-under-par, followed by Georgia (+6) and Tech (+7).
The remainder of the 12-team field, which includes six top-25 teams, was LSU (+9), Wake Forest and Kennesaw State (each at +13), South Carolina (+14) and Middle Tennessee State (+19).
Albertson, a freshman from Woodstock, Ga., who began the second round on the 10th hole as did his teammates, played the back nine even, then came home with a pair of birdies and no bogeys on the front nine. Andrews, a sophomore from Raleigh, N.C., shook off a triple-bogey on his first hole to post four birdies and a bogey the rest of the way.
Albertson is tied with two others for 15th place at even-par 144 for 36 holes, five shots behind Georgia freshman Bryden McPherson and Chattanooga’s Benjamin Weilguni, both at 5-under 139 after firing 67s on Saturday. Andrews is in a group of four players tied for 18th another shot back at 145.
Schniederjans and Czuchry are tied for 26th place at 147, while sophomore Seth Reeves dropped into 58th place after carding an 83 Saturday.
CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATE
The Farm Golf Club, Rocky Face, Ga.
36-Holes Results
TEAM STANDINGS
1 Auburn 290 279 569 -7
T2 Tennessee 293 281 574 -2
T2 Chattanooga 287 287 574 -2
T2 Clemson 287 287 574 -2
5 Alabama 291 284 575 -1
6 Georgia 289 293 582 +6
7 Georgia Tech 286 297 583 +7
8 LSU 294 291 585 +9
T9 Wake Forest 298 291 589 +13
T9 Kennesaw State 301 288 589 +13
11 South Carolina 295 295 590 +14
12 Middle Tennessee St. 297 298 595 +19
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
T1 Benjamin Weilguni Chattanooga 72 67 139 -5
T1 Bryden Macpherson Georgia 72 67 139 -5
T3 Stephan Jaeger Chattanooga 68 72 140 -4
T3 Garrick Porteous Tennessee 72 68 140 -4
T5 McCuen Elmore Clemson 70 71 141 -3
T5 Justin Thomas Alabama 71 70 141 -3
T5 Jacob Burger Clemson 71 70 141 -3
T5 Niclas Carlsson Auburn 74 67 141 -3
T5 Sang Yi LSU 72 69 141 -3
T10 Tom Lovelady Alabama 71 71 142 -2
T10 Jay Vandeventer Tennessee 73 69 142 -2
T10 Will McCurdy Auburn 70 72 142 -2
GEORGIA TECH SCORES
T15 Anders Albertson E 74 70 144
T18 Bo Andrews +1 73 72 145
T26 Drew Czuchry +3 69 78 147
T26 Ollie Schniederjans +3 70 77 147
58 Seth Reeves +13 74 83 157
