Feb. 23, 2004
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech’s golf team shot an 11-over-par 299 Tuesday and fell farther behind the pace after the second round of the Puerto Rico Classic in San Juan.
Tech’s 36-hole total of 595 puts the Yellow Jackets in 14th place heading into Tuesday’s final round on the 6,931-yard, par 72 River Course at Rio Mar Country Club.
Oklahoma shot 280 (8-under-par) Monday to take the lead in the team race with a tournament total of 563, 13 shots under par and three strokes ahead of Florida (277 – 566). First-round leader Clemson dipped to third place at 570 after posting a 289 Monday. NC State is in fourth place at even-par 576, and Georgia holds the fifth position at 582.
Freshman Kevin Larsen continued to pace the fifth-ranked Yellow Jackets with a 2-over-par 74 Monday, and is tied for 20th place at 1-over 145. Matt Hendrix of Clemson shot the day’s best round of 67 and moved into the lead for medallist honors at 7-under-par 137, two shots ahead of a group including Anthony Kim and Carlos Del Moral of Oklahoma and first-round leader Jack Ferguson of Clemson
Also counting for Tech Monday was Nicholas Thompson, who shot 74 and is tied for 47th individually at 149, Chan Wongluekiet with a 75 and Thomas Jordan with a 76.
TEAM SCORESOklahoma 283-280 - 563 (-13)Florida 289-277 - 566 (-10)Clemson 281-289 - 570 (-6)NC State 293-283 - 576 (E)Georgia 289-292 - 582 (+6)Minnesota 288-296 - 584 (+8)Virginia 292-294 - 586 (+10)Virginia Tech 295-292 - 587 (+11)Texas 288-299 - 587 (+11)Kent State 293-297 - 590 (+14)Oklahoma State 292-298 - 590 (+14)East Tennessee State 304-289 - 593 (+17)Duke 300-294 - 594 (+18)Georgia Tech 296-299 - 595 (+19)Purdue 300-298 - 598 (+22)Northwestern 306-292 - 598 (+22)Illinois 306-313 - 619 (+43)Michigan 319-302 - 621 (+45)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Matt Hendrix, Clemson 70-67 – 137 (-7) Anthony Kim, Oklahoma 70-69 – 139 (-5) Carlos Del Moral, Oklahoma 71-68 – 139 (-5) Jack Ferguson, Clemson 67-72 – 139 (-5) Blake Martin, Oklahoma 70-70 – 140 (-4) Justin Smith, Minnesota 68-72 – 140 (-4) Jason Hartwick, Texas 66-74 – 140 (-4) Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 69-71 – 140 (-4) Camilo Villegas, Florida 74-67 – 141 (-3) Rhys Davies, ETSU 73-68 – 141 (-3) Tom Johnson, Northwestern 72-69 – 141 (-3) Fernando Mecheriffe, NC State 71-71 – 142 (-2)
GEORGIA TECH SCORES Kevin Larsen (t-20) 71-74 – 145 (+3) Nicholas Thompson (t-47) 75-74 – 149 (+5) Roberto Castro (t-62) 74-78 – 152 (+8) Thomas Jordan (t-62) 76-76 – 152 (+8) Chan Wongluekiet (t-76) 82-75 – 157 (+13)
