TIgers in fourth place at Colleton River

Monday, March 2

Bluffton, S.C.

8:00 AM

University of Memphis

Colleton River Collegiate

Borja Martin fired rounds of 73 and 76 on Monday at the Colleton River Collegiate.

Photo by: American Athletic Conference

Mar 02, 2020 | Men's Golf

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Namkang, Jackson lead the UofM through 36 holes; final 18 are Tuesday

BLUFFTON, S.C. – The University of Memphis men's golf team is alone in fourth place after completing two rounds Monday at the Colleton River Collegiate at the Pete Dye Course, a par-72, 7,167-yard layout. Not all of the 15 teams completed their second rounds because of darkness.

The Tigers, participating in their opening event of the spring, posted rounds of 289 and 294 to finish the opening day at 7-over 583. Georgia Southern is atop the leaderboard at 10-under 566 through two rounds, followed by Iowa State (at -4) and 12^th-ranked Notre Dame at 3-over. The Fighting Irish still had golfers on the course when play was suspended.

The final round will be held Tuesday. Play will begin at 7:45 a.m. (ET) for those who did not finish.

Memphis Scores
T7 – Phuripon Namkang – 142 (71-71)
T9– Isaiah Jackson – 143 (70-73)
T40 – Nick Giles – 149 (73-76) + 5
T40 – Borja Martin -- 149 (73-76) + 5
T53– William Harwood – 151 (77-74)+7
T61 – Guillaume Chevalier – 152 (75-77) +8

The Individual Race
Iowa's Alex Schaake and Iowa State's Sam Vincent will take a share of the lead into Tuesday's final day. Each was at 5-under Monday night. Memphis golfer Phuripon Namkang was three shots back.

Tee Times Tuesday
Golfers will begin the third and final round starting at 8 a.m. Those who failed to finish the second round will tee off at 7:45 a.m.

Live Scoring
Live scoring of the event will be available at www.golfstat.com.