No. 1 Virginia Holds Regular After Two Rounds

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Top-ranked Virginia stays in first place on the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate after second spherical motion on Saturday (Oct. 25). The Cavaliers will go into the ultimate spherical with a one-stroke lead over Duke.

All 4 scoring Cavaliers shot par or higher and had been led by first yr Michael Lee in spherical two. Teeing off No. 10, Lee closed out his remaining 9 holes with 4 birdies, together with back-to-back on the final two holes to card a 1-under, 71. He sits in a tie for fifth place in his first event of his collegiate profession.

Paul Chang can be tied for fifth and shot an even-par, 72 in his second spherical. All three of his birdies on the day got here on his remaining 9 holes. Ben James additionally continued his regular play with solely two blemishes on his scorecard that had been evened out by a pair of birdies on the day. He is tied for seventh after delivering a 72.

The trio of Michael Lee (-5), Chang (-5) and James are all chasing Edan Cul who holds the 36-hole lead at -11 after taking pictures a 5-under 67 yesterday and adopted up with a 6-under 66 on Saturday.

Playing as a person, sophomore Maxi Puregger carded the very best spherical of the day for the Cavaliers. He shot a career-best, 4-under 68 to leap 34 spots on the leaderboard. Puregger shot a 31 on the again 9, the bottom second-round, again 9 of anybody within the discipline.

The third and remaining spherical is ready for Sunday with Virginia tee instances starting at 10:29 a.m. Follow all of the motion right here:

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