Men’s Golf Jumps Three Spots After Round Two of Bahamas Invitational

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Brady Madsen shot 68 and Jon Hopkins fired a 79 on Saturday within the second spherical of the White Sands Bahamas Invitational serving to the FGCU males’s golf group transfer up three spots into seventh place. The Eagles posted a group rating of 282, the third lowest of the day and 6 beneath par, to sit down even general regardless of a day the place the groups additionally needed to battle climate components transferring throughout the island.
 
Ole Miss (559) took excessive spot on the group leaderboard adopted by host Arkansas Little Rock (567). The Eagles (576) are two strokes behind Jacksonville and 6 strokes from third-place San Francisco heading into Sunday’s closing spherical.
 
“I assumed we cleaned up among the errors from yesterday and performed nicely,” stated head coach Andrew Danna. “We’ll look to place our greatest spherical collectively tomorrow as there are numerous alternatives available with how the course performs.”
 
Madsen tallied seven birdies on the day to complete with a four-under 68, his lowest spherical of the season. Hopkins was only a stroke behind with six birdies and 9 consecutive par-or-better holes.
 
Pierre Viallaneix shot 72 once more on Saturday for a 36-hole complete of 144 to tie for 22^nd, whereas Lucas Fallotico sits tied for 39^th after capturing 73 within the second spherical. Thomas Salanito, who’s taking part in as a person, can also be tied for 39^th after capturing 75 for a two-day complete of 148.
 
Rounding out the FGCU contingent is Henry Tschopp, additionally taking part in as a person, coming into the third spherical tied for 50^th (150) and Austin Cherichella tied for 55^th (151).
 
The second spherical noticed FGCU take the lead for complete birdies, 39, by two rounds among the many area. Hopkins and Madsen every have 10 over the 2 days of competitors.
 
The third spherical will start on Sunday morning at 8 AM with a shotgun begin. Reside scoring will likely be accessible by www.GolfStat.com.

FGCU Lineup:

T10 – Brady Madsen – 74-68 – 142

T10 – Jon Hopkins – 73-69 – 142

T22 – Pierre Viallaneix – 72-72 – 144

T39 – Lucas Fallotico – 75-73 – 148

T39 – Thomas Salanito (Particular person) – 73-75 – 148

T50 – Henry Tschopp (Particular person) – 75-75 – 150

T55 – Austin Cherichella – 75-76 – 151

White Sands Bahamas Invitational Subject:

1 – #53 Ole Miss – 283-276 – 559

2 – #54 Arkansas Little Rock – 280-287 – 567

3 – #28 San Francisco – 288-282 – 570

4 – #21 South Florida – 283-288 – 571

5 – #24 East Tennessee State – 293-280 – 573

6 – #112 Jacksonville – 288-286 – 574

7 – #68 Florida Gulf Coast College – 294-282 – 576

8 – #114 Lipscomb – 293-284 – 577

9 – #123 Florida Atlantic – 283-297 – 580

10 – #85 Michigan – 288-294 – 582

11 – #87 Lamar – 296-296 – 592

12 – #196 Bowling Inexperienced – 306-304 – 310

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