Wake Forest Remains In 14th Place At PING Preview
10/3/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 3, 2006
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- There was very little movement on the second day of the PING/Golfweek Preview here Tuesday and that wasn't the best of news for 25th-ranked Wake Forest, which remained in 14th place with just Wednesday's 18 holes remaining.
All 15 teams are finding the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, which will host the 2007 NCAA Championship, extremely difficult. No teams and only nine of 75 individuals are under par on the par 70, 6,809-yard layout.
Wake Forest improved its score by five strokes, from 296 to 291, and junior Webb Simpson fired a 1-under par 69, but the Deacons remained at 14th place through the second round. On the bright side for the Deacons, they are only five shots out of 10th place on a tightly-packed scoreboard.
Florida and Oklahoma State, both 2-over par for the tournament are tied for the team lead heading into Wednesday's final round. Texas A&M (+3) and UNLV (+3) are just one shot out and Georgia (+8) is in fifth place.
Clemson (+12), Georgia Tech (+25) and Wake Forest (+26) represent the ACC.
Simpson moved up the leader board into a tie for 18th place after his round of 69 today. Two-over for the tournament, Simpson had five birdies in Tuesday's round, which was hurt by a double-bogey on the 12th hole. Wake junior Chris McCartin shot his second straight solid round of 2-over 72 and is 4-over for the tournament. Freshman Brendan Gielow followed his opening round of 77with a 73 today and is 10-over. Sophomore Dustin Groves is 11-over and senior Sean Moore is 20-over par.
Oklahoma State's Pablo Martin leads the individual race with a two-day score of 4-under. Minnesota's Bronson LaCassie and Arizona State's Niklas Lemke are both one shot back.
Team Standings
Florida 281 281 562 +2
Oklahoma State 282 280 562 +2
Texas A&M 280 283 563 +3
UNLV 283 280 563 +3
Georgia 279 289 568 +8
Arizona State 287 284 571 +11
Clemson 290 282 572 +12
Lamar 285 288 573 +13
Kentucky 292 282 574 +14
Washington 298 283 581 +21
Minnesota 290 292 582 +22
BYU 287 298 585 +25
Georgia Tech 288 297 585 +25
Wake Forest 295 291 586 +26
VCU 294 303 597 +37
Top Individuals
Pablo Martin (OSU) 67 69 136 - 4
Niklas Lemke (ASU) 67 70 137 - 3
Bronson LaCassie (MN) 68 69 137 - 3
Bronson Burgoon (A&M) 69 69 138 - 2
Ryan Keeney (UNLV) 71 67 138 -2
Ben Martin (Clem) 69 69 138 - 2
Wake Forest Scores
Webb Simpson 73 69 142 +2
Chris McCartin 72 72 144 +4
Brendan Gielow 77 73 150 +10
Dustin Groves 74 77 151 +11
Sean Moore 76 84 160 +20
TEAM 295 291 586 +26
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