May 18, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. - Long Beach State fired a 3-under-par 281 in Friday's second round of the NCAA Athens Regional to move up in the standings and finish the day in a three-way tie for seventh place at the University of Georgia Golf Course.
LBSU improved by 16 shots from its opening round score of 297 to jump from 12th to the middle of the 13-team field. The 49ers are tied with Houston and Wake Forest with a 36-hole score of 10-over 578.
Top-seed Alabama remains on top of the team standings as the Crimson Tide holds a 12-stroke lead over East Carolina (-11) in second and 17 shots over North Florida (-6) in third. Regional host Georgia (E) sits in fourth, 23 shots behind Alabama.
Junior Philip Chian was the top player for LBSU as he fired a 68, tying his season-low round and placing seventh at 3-under 139. Chian's scorecard for the second round was almost bogey-free despite making just one bogey for the day at the par-4, 418-yard 14th hole. The Covina native started the day on the back-nine where he collected two birdies and six pars. Chian's front-nine was bogey free as he recorded two more birdies and seven pars.
Seniors Kevin Lim and Kevin Roy are tied for 30th at 3-over 145 as Lim carded a 71 and Roy tied his career-low with a 67. Lim improved by three shots to move up from 51st, collecting five birdies, eight pars and five bogeys. Roy improved by 11 shots to move up from 68th as the native from Syracuse, N.Y. was bogey free on the back-nine, recording four birdies and five pars. On the front, Roy came out even, making three birdies and three bogeys.
Freshman Xander Schauffele shot a 75 to tie for 59th at 7-over 149. Schauffele made just one birdie for the round, while recording 13 pars and two bogeys and one-double bogey.
Junior
Raymond Ho improved by five shots for a 76 to tie for 72nd at 15-over 157.
Bobby Wyatt of Alabama shot a 67 to move up to the top spot and lead the field of 75 players by one stroke over his fellow teammate Justin Thomas.
Final round play concludes on Saturday with the 49ers teeing off at 5:40 a.m. (PST) from the 10th tee with Houston and Wake Forest. Live play can be followed on Golfstat.com.
| 1 |
|
-23 |
F |
-8 |
269 |
276 |
545 |
| 2 |
|
-11 |
F |
-3 |
276 |
281 |
557 |
| 3 |
|
-6 |
F |
+7 |
271 |
291 |
562 |
| 4 |
|
E |
F |
+4 |
280 |
288 |
568 |
| 5 |
|
+7 |
F |
+6 |
285 |
290 |
575 |
| 6 |
|
+9 |
F |
+11 |
282 |
295 |
577 |
| T7 |
|
+10 |
F |
+12 |
282 |
296 |
578 |
| T7 |
|
+10 |
F |
-3 |
297 |
281 |
578 |
| T7 |
|
+10 |
F |
+10 |
284 |
294 |
578 |
| 10 |
|
+11 |
F |
+12 |
283 |
296 |
579 |
| 11 |
|
+13 |
F |
+9 |
288 |
293 |
581 |
| 12 |
|
+19 |
F |
+18 |
285 |
302 |
587 |
| 13 |
|
+33 |
F |
+16 |
301 |
300 |
601 |
| 1 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
7:50 |
1 |
Nick Reach
Georgia
|
Sean Romero
New Mexico
|
Stefan Brewer
UNCW
|
| 2 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:00 |
1 |
Joey Garber
Georgia
|
Gavin Green
New Mexico
|
Ryan Nagy
UNCW
|
| 3 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:10 |
1 |
Keith Mitchell
Georgia
|
Victor Perez
New Mexico
|
Patrick Sawrey
UNCW
|
| 4 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:20 |
1 |
Brian Carter
Georgia
|
John Catlin
New Mexico
|
Thomas Bass
UNCW
|
| 5 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:30 |
1 |
T.J. Mitchell
Georgia
|
James Erkenbeck
New Mexico
|
Payne McLeod
UNCW
|
| 6 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:40 |
1 |
Hunter Hamrick
Alabama
|
Zach Edmondson
East Carolina
|
Joey Petronio
North Florida
|
| 7 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:50 |
1 |
Scott Strohmeyer
Alabama
|
David Watkins
East Carolina
|
Kevin Phelan
North Florida
|
| 8 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:00 |
1 |
Cory Whitsett
Alabama
|
Adam Stephenson
East Carolina
|
Sean Dale
North Florida
|
| 9 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:10 |
1 |
Justin Thomas
Alabama
|
Harold Varner
East Carolina
|
MJ Maguire
North Florida
|
| 10 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:20 |
1 |
Bobby Wyatt
Alabama
|
Ryan Eibner
East Carolina
|
Kevin Aylwin
North Florida
|
| 11 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
7:30 |
10 |
Will Dusenbury
Houston
|
Raymond Ho
Long Beach State
|
Cyrus Stewart
Wake Forest
|
| 12 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
7:40 |
10 |
Jesse Droemer
Houston
|
Xander Schauffele
Long Beach State
|
Thomas Birdsey
Wake Forest
|
| 13 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
7:50 |
10 |
Roman Robledo
Houston
|
Kevin Roy
Long Beach State
|
Charlie Harrison
Wake Forest
|
| 14 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:00 |
10 |
James Ross
Houston
|
Kevin Lim
Long Beach State
|
Evan Beck
Wake Forest
|
| 15 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:10 |
10 |
Curtis Reed
Houston
|
Philip Chian
Long Beach State
|
Lee Bedford
Wake Forest
|
| 16 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:20 |
10 |
Derek Chang
Augusta State
|
Joseph Winslow
Iowa
|
Pierre Carlsson
Texas-Arlington
|
| 17 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:30 |
10 |
Alex Wennstam
Augusta State
|
Steven Ihm
Iowa
|
Jamey Taylor
Texas-Arlington
|
| 18 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:40 |
10 |
Robin Petersson
Augusta State
|
Ian Vandersee
Iowa
|
Hunter Brown
Texas-Arlington
|
| 19 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
8:50 |
10 |
Brendan Gillins
Augusta State
|
Barrett Kelpin
Iowa
|
Cameron Hollek
Texas-Arlington
|
| 20 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:00 |
10 |
Taylor Floyd
Augusta State
|
Chris Brant
Iowa
|
Paul McConnell
Texas-Arlington
|
| 21 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:10 |
10 |
Patrick McCormick
Loyola Univ-Maryland
|
Kamito Hirai
Winthrop
|
Clay Myers
Jackson State
|
| 22 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:20 |
10 |
Jay Mulieri
Loyola Univ-Maryland
|
Jacobo Pastor
Charleston Southern
|
James Beale
Mercer
|
| 23 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:30 |
10 |
Bart George
Loyola Univ-Maryland
|
Sebastian Soderberg
Coastal Carolina
|
David Denlinger
Charleston Southern
|
| 24 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:40 |
10 |
Brendan Lemp
Loyola Univ-Maryland
|
Joe David
Mississippi
|
Brandon Pena
Florida Gulf Coast
|
| 25 |
Par-71, 7,253 Yards |
9:50 |
10 |
Ryan McCarthy
Loyola Univ-Maryland
|
Trey Valentine
South Florida
|
Chad Ramey
Mississippi State
|