Feb. 3, 2011
Live scoring and results
White on the golf course
Waikoloa, Hawai’i – James White fired a 6-under-par 66, and 5th-ranked Georgia Tech posted a 6-under 282 Thursday and stands in fourth place after two rounds of the Amer Ari Invitational golf tournament.
Oklahoma State took control of the tournament at the 7,074-yard Wailokoa Kings’ Course with a 15-under-par 273 for the day. The 4th-ranke Cowboys, at 25-under 551 for 36 holes, have a seven-shot lead over No. 2 UCLA (18-under 558), who matched the Cowboys’ score for the round. No. 22 Texas Tech (17-under 559) is in third after a 13-under 275 for its round.
Tech is another shot back at 16-under 560, tied for fourth with No. 7 Texas.
“We got off to a good start again today, but we didn’t take advantage of the scoring holes,” said head coach Bruce Heppler. “The wind picked up and the finish was tough, so we needed a little more to spare from the easier stretch.”
White, a junior from Acworth, Ga., had eight birdies on his card Thursday, three in a row on the front side at one point, and four more on the back without a bogey in posting his second best round of the year. He moved into the top 10 individually, tied for ninth place with a 6-under-par score of 138.
Paul Haley birdied three of his last six holes to post a 70, and Kyle Scott carded an even-par 72 Thursday. John-Tyler Griffin, who shot a 67 in the opening round, stumbled to a 74 Thursday after posting a pair of double bogeys to counter five birdies. He dropped to a tie for 23rd at 3-under 141. Freshman Richard Werenski shot a 75 and did not count for the Jackets on Thursday.
“We got a great round from James today, and Paul was solid,” added Heppler. “We expect a big-time shootout tomorrow.”
Oregon’s Daniel Miernicki followed up his first-round 62 with a 69 and maintained a two-shot lead in the individual race at 13-under 131. Kevin Tway of Oklahoma State is in second at 11-under 133. A total of 48 players are under par through 36 holes.
The final begins with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time Friday.
AMER ARI INVITATIONALWaikoloa Kings' Course, Waikoloa, Hawaii36-hole Results
TEAM SCORES 1 Oklahoma State 278 273 551 -25 2 UCLA 285 273 558 -18 3 Texas Tech 284 275 559 -17 T4 Georgia Tech 278 282 560 -16 T4 Texas 282 278 560 -16 6 Arizona State 279 282 561 -15 7 Southern California 271 292 563 -13 T8 TCU 287 281 568 -8 T8 UC Davis 284 284 568 -8 T8 Oregon 281 287 568 -8 11 Stanford 293 278 571 -5 12 Washington 288 285 573 -3 T13 Oregon State U. 284 292 576 E T13 Colorado 285 291 576 E T15 San Francisco, U. of 290 290 580 +4 T15 San Jose State Univ. 287 293 580 +4 17 Western Washington U 294 290 584 +8 18 Hawaii 292 295 587 +11 19 Hawaii-Hilo 290 298 588 +12 20 Florida State 290 299 589 +13
TEAM LEADERS 1 Daniel Miernicki Oregon 62 69 131 -13 2 Kevin Tway Oklahoma State 67 66 133 -11 T3 Tyler Weworski Texas Tech 70 65 135 -9 T3 Sam Smith * Southern California 66 69 135 -9 5 Bobby Hudson Texas 69 67 136 -8 T6 Johan de Beer TCU 69 68 137 -7 T6 Drew Page Oklahoma State 69 68 137 -7 T6 Pontus Widegren UCLA 69 68 137 -7 T9 Patrick Cantlay UCLA 74 64 138 -6 T9 James White Georgia Tech 72 66 138 -6 T9 Jesper Kennegard Arizona State 67 71 138 -6 T9 Scott Pinckney * Arizona State 70 68 138 -6 T9 Ji Hwan Park San Francisco, U. of 72 66 138 -6
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T9 James White (2) 72 66 138 T23 J.T. Griffin (1) 67 74 141 T30 Kyle Scott (3) 70 72 142 T30 Paul Haley (4) 72 70 142 T49 Richy Werenski (5) 69 75 144
