Sept. 24, 2006
ATLANTA –
Kevin Larsen stood tied for 19th place individually after posting scores of 71 and 75 Sunday, and eighth-ranked Georgia Tech was in seventh place after 36 holes at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational golf tournament.
Tech is 14 shots off the lead set by Stanford, which shot 15-over-par 575 on the par-70 Olympia Fields Country Club North Course. Defending national champion Oklahoma State is in second, one shot back, with Duke in third (578), Purdue fourth (582) and Minnesota fifth (584).
Larsen, a senior from Santa Barbara, Calif., is eight shots off the lead held by Purdue’s Tom Oliver, who shot 2-under 138 (71-67) to take a three-stroke lead over Adam Long of Duke. Only six scores of par or better were posted among 120 rounds played Sunday.
Taylor Hall, with rounds of 72 and 77, and Roberto Castro (78-71) are tied for 29th place at 149, while Daniel Bowden and Cameron Tringale are tied for 34th at 150. Castro’s 71, which included a pair of birdies, paced Tech in the afternoon.
The final 18 holes are scheduled for Monday, with Tech scheduled to tee off beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Click here to follow live scoring.
OLYMPIA FIELDS/FIGHTING ILLINI INVITATIONALOlympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, Ill.36-hole Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Stanford University 286 289 575 +15 2 Oklahoma State 293 283 576 +16 3 Duke University 289 289 578 +18 4 Purdue 290 292 582 +22 5 Minnesota 297 287 584 +24 6 Northwestern 293 293 586 +26 7 Georgia Tech 293 296 589 +29 8 Illinois 291 299 590 +30 9 Arizona State U. 299 297 596 +36 10 Vanderbilt 299 299 598 +38 11 Toledo 303 302 605 +45 12 Oklahoma, U. of 309 300 609 +49
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Tom Oliver Purdue 71 67 138 ?2 T2 Adam Long Duke University 70 71 141 +1 T2 Pablo Martin Oklahoma State 71 70 141 +1 T4 Zack Miller Stanford University 71 71 142 +2 T4 Patrick Nagle Illinois 71 71 142 +2 T4 Michael Schachner Duke University 71 71 142 +2 T7 Rob Grube Stanford University 71 72 143 +3 T7 Tyler Leon Oklahoma State 74 69 143 +3 T7 Niall Turner Minnesota 74 69 143 +3 T10 Jonathan Bowers Northwestern 74 70 144 +4 T10 Daniel Lim Stanford University 70 74 144 +4 T10 Clayton Rask Minnesota 72 72 144 +4
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T19 Kevin Larsen 71 75 146 T29 Taylor Hall 72 77 149 T29 Roberto Castro 78 71 149 T34 Daniel Bowden 76 74 150 T34 Cameron Tringale 74 76 150
