ATLANTA (APril 22) – Georgia Tech’s Bryce Molder shot a 5-under-par 67 Saturday to claim the individual lead, while the top-ranked Yellow Jackets posted a team total of 288 and remain in second place after two rounds of the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s golf championship at Badin Lake, N.C.
Molder, a junior from Conway, Ark., has a two-round score of 139, five strokes under par and two shots ahead of first-round leaders Carl Patterson of N.C. State and John Engler of Clemson. Both carded 71s and are tied for second place with Jay Morgan (69) of Wake Forest and Brad Hyler (70) of North Carolina.
Tech’s 288 score Saturday matched Clemson for the day’s best on the par-72 Old North State Club. N.C. State held onto its first-round lead with a 290-574, but its lead was pared to a single shot over the Yellow Jackets, who have a tournament total of 575. The Tigers are another three shots back at 578, followed by Wake Forest (290-584) and North Carolina (289-584), Duke (293-589), Maryland (302-597), Virginia (298-598) and Florida State (303-608).
Tech senior Matt Kuchar (Lake Mary, Fla.) is tied for eighth after a 73 Saturday for a tournament total of 144, and freshman Troy Matteson (Austin, Texas) also shot 73 and is tied for 10th at 145. Sophomore Matt Weibring (Plano, Texas) is tied for 16th after posting a 75 for a two-round total of 147. Senior Carlton Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.) added a 79 to his first-round 77 and is in 40th place.
The final 18 holes is set for Sunday, when Tech will attempt to win its second straight ACC title and sixth conference championship since 1991.
Atlantic Coast ConferenceMen's Golf ChampionshipOld North State Club, Badin Lake, N.C.Par: 72, Yardage: 7102Second Round Results1 N.C. State 284-290 -- 574 -2 2 Georgia Tech 287-288 -- 575 -1 3 Clemson 290-288 -- 578 +2 4 Wake Forest 294-290 -- 584 +8 North Carolina 295-289 -- 584 +8 6 Duke 296-293 -- 589 +13 7 Maryland 295-302 -- 597 +21 8 Virginia 300-298 -- 598 +22 9 Florida State 305-303 -- 608 +32 Individual Scores 1 Bryce Molder Ga. Tech 72 67 139 -5 2 Carl Pettersson NC State 70 71 141 -3 Jay Morgan Wk. Forest 72 69 141 -3 John Engler Clemson 70 71 141 -3 Brad Hyler N Carolina 71 70 141 -3 6 Max Harris N Carolina 74 69 143 -1 Chris Mundorf NC State 71 72 143 -1 8 Matt Kuchar Ga. Tech 71 73 144 E Mark Tullo NC State 72 72 144 E 10 Troy Matteson Ga. Tech 72 73 145 +1 Cameron Yancey Virginia 75 70 145 +1 D.J. Trahan Clemson 74 71 145 +1 13 Matt Krauss Duke 74 72 146 +2 Jonathan Byrd Clemson 72 74 146 +2 Keith Unikel Maryland 71 75 146 +2 16 Mark Donaldson Florida St 74 73 147 +3 Brent Wanner Wk. Forest 74 73 147 +3 Lucas Glover Clemson 74 73 147 +3 Leif Olson Duke 74 73 147 +3 Marc Turnesa NC State 72 75 147 +3 Jani Saari Clemson 74 73 147 +3 Matt Weibring Ga. Tech 72 75 147 +3 David Sanchez NC State 71 76 147 +3 24 Gary Mankulish Maryland 75 73 148 +4 Steve Marino Virginia 72 76 148 +4 Paul Tucker Duke 74 74 148 +4 Whitten Meares N Carolina 74 74 148 +4 28 Kevin Streelman Duke 75 74 149 +5 29 Buck Williams Wk. Forest 79 71 150 +6 John Moheyer Maryland 74 76 150 +6 Chad Wilfong Wk. Forest 73 77 150 +6 32 James Driscoll Virginia 74 78 152 +8 Rob Simmons N Carolina 76 76 152 +8 Bradley Lusenhop Florida St 79 73 152 +8 Chris Yoder Wk. Forest 75 77 152 +8 36 Jason Lopez Florida St 76 77 153 +9 Corey Brigham Maryland 75 78 153 +9 36 Mike Christensen Duke 74 79 153 +9 39 Justin Goodhue Virginia 79 76 155 +11 40 Carlton Forrester Ga. Tech 77 79 156 +12 41 Paul Daniel N Carolina 77 81 158 +14 42 Kris Hannah Florida St 81 80 161 +17 Ryan Felty Florida St 76 85 161 +17 44 Mike Mitchell Virginia 86 76 162 +18 Dan MacDonald Maryland 80 82 162 +18
