April 7, 2012
Tampa, Fla. – Freshman Anders Albertson fired a 5-under-par 67 in the afternoon round to put himself in contention for the individual title, and 11th-ranked Georgia Tech shot 4-under 284 to entrench itself in second place after 36 holes of the Gary Koch Invitational.
Tech has a 36-hole total of 573, 3-under-par, but fell 14 shots back of 17th-ranked North Florida, which grabbed the big lead with a 17-under-par score of 271 on the 7,389-yard Old Memorial Golf Club. The Ospreys received a 66 from Joey Petronio, a 67 from Kevin Phelan and a 68 from Sean Dale in the second round, and have a two-round score of 559.
No. 18 Virginia (+1) is in third place followed by No. 8 Alabama (+2) and No. 6 Auburn (+4). The 15-team field includes seven teams ranked in the nation’s top 25.
All-American James White and Richard Werenski each shot 1-under 71 in the afternoon, while Ollie Schniederjans added a 75. Bo Andrews, who shot 70 in the morning round, added a 77 in the afternoon.
“It was a very positive afternoon for us,” said head coach Bruce Heppler. “We got off to a slow start on the scoring part of the course, and we really had to dig in over the last nine holes. We played five or six under par on the way home. We always have the goal of having the low score on the last day.”
Albertson, who shot 74 in the morning round, is tied for fifth place individually with three others at 3-under 141, three strokes behind Petronio (6-under 138). Phelan has second place alone at 139, while Dale and Alabama’s Hunter Hamrick are tied for third at 140. White is in a six-way tie for ninth place at 142.
Sunday’s final round begins at 7:45 a.m. Tech is paired with North Florida and Virginia and will tee off at 9:25 a.m.
GARY KOCH INVITATIONALOld Memorial Golf Club, Tampa, Fla.36-Hole Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 North Florida 288 271 559 -17 2 Georgia Tech 289 284 573 -3 3 Virginia 291 286 577 +1 4 Alabama 292 286 578 +2 5 Auburn 298 282 580 +4 6 Florida State 297 286 583 +7 7 Georgia Southern 295 289 584 +8 8 Florida 293 293 586 +10 9 Pacific 305 289 594 +18 10 South Florida 301 295 596 +20 11 UNCG 306 295 601 +25 12 Wake Forest 304 300 604 +28 T13 Toledo 308 301 609 +33 T13 College of Charleston 307 302 609 +33 15 Kentucky 312 298 610 +34
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Joey Petronio North Florida 72 66 138 -6 2 Kevin Phelan North Florida 72 67 139 -5 T3 Sean Dale North Florida 72 68 140 -4 T3 Hunter Hamrick Alabama 73 67 140 -4 T5 Anders Albertson Georgia Tech 74 67 141 -3 T5 Alex Edfort Pacific 72 69 141 -3 T5 Blake Olson Georgia Southern 70 71 141 -3 T5 Branden Collins South Florida 70 71 141 -3 T9 Lee Bedford Wake Forest 70 72 142 -2 T9 James White Georgia Tech 71 71 142 -2 T9 MJ Maguire North Florida 72 70 142 -2 T9 Ji Soo Park Virginia 72 70 142 -2 T9 Justin Thomas Alabama 70 72 142 -2 T9 Blake Soni * Auburn 71 71 142 -2
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T5 Anders Albertson (2) 74 67 141 T9 James White (1) 71 71 142 T17 Richy Werenski (4) 74 71 145 T25 Bo Andrews (3) 70 77 147 T48 Ollie Schniederjans (5) 76 75 151
