University of Memphis Athletics
Martin’s 2-under 70 leads Memphis men’s golf in t-4th after AAC Championship 2nd round
Apr 24, 2021 | Men's Golf
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – Senior Borja Martin fired a 2-under 70 as Memphis men's golf carded a 4-over 292 and is tied for fourth at 1-over 577 after the AAC Championship second round at Southern Hills Golf Club on Saturday.
The Tigers entered the day in second after a first round 3-under 285 at the par-72, 7,221-yard layout.
Martin was at 5-under on the round after birdies at Nos. 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10 before closing with three-straight bogeys on the final three holes. The San Sebastian, Spain, native is in seventh at 2-under 142 to lead the Tigers.
Oskar Ambrosius (73-73—146) and Esteban Vazquez (69-77—146) are tied for 19th while Guillaume Chevalier (71-76—147) is tied for 21st and Isaiah Jackson (75-73—148) is tied for 25th.
South Florida continues to lead at 14-under with a 270-292—562, 11 shots ahead of No. 20 SMU (287-286—573). Wichita State climbed five spots into third at even par 297-279—576. Memphis is tied for fourth with East Carolina (287-290—577) and ahead of UCF (288-293—581), Cincinnati (289-292—581) and Temple (296-302—598).
Wichita State's Marcus Wochner is the individual leader at 8-under 66-70—236, three shots ahead of the South Florida duo of Albin Bergstrom (68-71—139) and Kyle Flexsenhar (66-73—139).
The Tigers will tee off in Sunday's final round with Wichita State off No. 1 at 7:43 a.m. CT.
For full results and live-scoring, go to www.golfstat.com and for more information, access the AAC Championship page here.
Southern Hills was designed by renowned golf course architect Pete Dye and opened for play in 2006. The club has hosted both PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour qualifying school tournaments and has served as a Monday qualifier site for the PGA TOUR's Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor.
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