Golfers Improve in Second Round at Hall of Fame

Golfers Improve in Second Round at Hall of Fame

3/19/2006

HUMBLE, Texas — Freshman Jon Curran moved up to a tie for 13th after shooting a 73 on Saturday, while the Commodores slid one spot in the team standings at the Redstone Golf Club.

Curran stands in a six-way tie for 13th at five over for the tournament. Sophomore Tyler Matthews stands five strokes behind Curran after shooting a three-over 75 on Saturday. Junior Luke List went eight-over for the second round, while sophomore Brett Lange scored 10-over.

Oklahoma State fired a tournament-low 292 to move past first-round leader Texas after the second round of the Hall of Fame Invitational on the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas. The Cowboys two-round total of 10-over-par 586 gives them a seven-shot advantage over Texas and East Tennessee State. Anthony Kim of Oklahoma increased his individual lead to eight shots by posting 69 to move to eight-under.

East Tennessee State and Texas are tied for second at 17-over and is followed by Oklahoma (+23), Texas A&M (+25), Purdue (+27), Clemson (+32), Georgia (+33) and South Carolina-Aiken (+34). Arizona (+36) checked in at 10th with TCU (+39), New Mexico (+42), Duke (+45), Arkansas (+46), Vanderbilt (+48), Wake Forest (+52) and Guilford (+57) completing the standings.

Kim – who is the only individual to shot in the 60s and the only player to finish under par both rounds – is followed by Moore and Texas’ Jhonatton Vegas who are eight shots back and tied for second at even par. Bronson Burgoon of Texas A&M and Martin (+1) are tied for fourth while East Tennessee State’s Cian McNamara (+2) jumped one slot to sixth. Leon and Stephen Poole of Clemson (+3) stayed in a tie for seventh. East Tennessee State’s Rhys Davies, Drew Laning of TCU, Purdue’s Peter Richardson and Gareth Shaw of East Tennessee State (+4) finished in a four-way to for ninth.

Final round action tees off with a shotgun start Sunday at 7:30 a.m.

2006 Hall of Fame Invitational
Second Round Results
Saturday, March 18, 2006

Vanderbilt Results
T13   Jon Curran  +5  76  73  149 
T34   Tyler Matthews    +10  79  75  154 
T61   Luke List      +14  78  80  158 
T90   Dos Goldsmith      +22  81  85  166 
92   Brett Lange      +23  85  82  167

Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State 294-292=586 (+10)
T2. East Tennessee State 295-298=593 (+17)
T2. Texas 293-300=593 (+17)
4. Oklahoma 300-299=599 (+23)
5. Texas A&M 308-293=601 (+25)
6. Purdue 303-300=603 (+27)
7. Clemson 305-303=608 (+32)
8. Georgia` 308-301=609 (+33)
9. South Carolina-Aiken 303-307=610 (+34)
10. Arizona 308-304=612 (+36)
11. TCU 308-307=615 (+39)
12. New Mexico 309-309=618 (+42)
13. Duke 316-305=621 (+45)
14. Arkansas 309-313=622 (+46)
15. Vanderbilt 314-310=624 (+48)
16. Wake Forest 316-312=628 (+52)
17. Guilford 322-311=633 (+57)

Top 10 Individuals
1. Anthony Kim, Oklahoma 67-69=136 (-8)
T2. Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State 74-40=144 (E)
T2. Jhonatton Vegas, Texas 71-73=144 (E)
T4. Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M 73-72=145 (+1)
T4. Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 72-73=145 (+1)
6. Cian McNamara, East Tennessee State 73-73=146 (+2)
T7. Trent Leon, Oklahoma State 73-74=147 (+3)
T7. Stephen Poole, Clemson 73-74=147 (+3)
T9. Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State 72-76=148 (+4)
T9. Drew Laning, TCU 74-74=148 (+4)
T9. Peter Richardson, Purdue 75-73=148 (+4)
T9. Gareth Shaw, East Tennessee State 72-76=148 (+4)