chapel hill, north carolina – Hiroshi Tai posted a round of 65-68 on Monday to set the pace against Georgia Tech and earn a share of fifth place individually, while the Yellow Jackets went 10-under .550 through 36 holes at Finley Golf Club. He tied for 5th place after 18 holes. To play in the NCAA Chapel Hill region.
The top five teams on the leaderboard after 54 holes will advance to the NCAA Championship, but the third-seeded Yellow Jackets will face No. 6 Long Beach State for the final round, which begins later Tuesday. He maintains a difference of only two strokes. Tech was in third place after 18 holes, just two strokes behind the leader, but now has a 10-stroke lead over fourth-seeded East Tennessee State.thSeeded Clemson moved to the front of the leaderboard in the second round, while top-seeded North Carolina and sixth-seeded Baylor took over third and fourth place.
The match was suspended at 8:15 p.m. due to darkness, with four of the 13 teams and all 10 individuals (seven threesomes) unable to complete the second round. The tournament schedule was rescheduled ahead of Monday’s game due to inclement weather expected for the next two days. Teams that do not complete the second round will return to the course at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning to complete their round, and the third and final round will begin by 9:30 a.m.
The tech companies have advanced to the NCAA Regional Round in each of the past four years (the NCAA Championships and Regional Rounds were not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), as the NCAA adopted a regional qualifying format in 1989. Since then, he has won 27 times. He won the 2022 regional title in Columbus, Ohio, and won the 2023 regional tournament in Salem, South Carolina by eight strokes. The Yellow Jackets are playing in his 26-team NCAA regional tournament.th 1 year in a row, 33 years in a rowrd It’s been 35 years since the NCAA adopted a regional qualifying format for its championships.
Round 1 summary – Tech finished the first round in third place at 7-under 273 behind Ty’s 5-under 65 and Bartley Forrester’s 4-under 66. Tai played a clean round on Monday morning with five birdies, matching the lowest round of his career for the sophomore from Singapore. Forester had seven birdies and three bogeys at Finley Golf Club, matching his best round of the year and tied for eighth.
Senior Christ Lamprecht (George, South Africa) and a new student Cale Fontenot (Lafayette, Louisiana) Each contributed to the Jackets’ team total with a 1-over-par 71, and the freshmen Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, California) The card was 77.
Round 2 Recap – Ty and Kim set the pace for the Jackets, each posting a 2-under-par 68, but Forester followed up his first 66 with an even-par 70 and Lamprecht added a 1-over-par 71. Fontenot posts 73 without considering the aftermath.
After 36 holes, Ty is tied for 5th place at 7-under 133, seven strokes off the pace, while Forester is tied for 15th place.th At 136(-4).Lamprecht tied for 36th placeth 142nd place (+2), Fontnot tied for 51st placecent 144(+4), Kim tied for 56th placeth At 145 (+5).
team leaderboard – ETSU posted four under-par rounds on the afternoon, with Argot Crean leading the way with a 7-under-par 63 as the Buccaneers shot 15-under for the round. They finished with a 21-under 539 after 36 holes, leading Clemson (-15), who were at 13-under par for the round, by three strokes, and host North Carolina (547, -) by eight strokes. . 13) The round ends.
Baylor University (549, -11) is fourth at 549 (-11), Polytechnic Institute and Long Beach State are tied for fifth at 550 (-10) and Alabama State is seventh at 553 (-7). There is. All four teams completed 36 holes.
personal leaderboard – Clemson University’s full team wasn’t able to finish the second round on Monday, but Callahan Keever was able to make his second consecutive 65, along with North Carolina’s Austin Grieser and Baylor University’s Johnny Keefer He took the individual lead with a score of 130, one stroke behind. Both 9 under and 131.
Nick Matthews of North Carolina State University, who is competing as an individual, is alone in fourth place at 8 under, with three holes left in Round 2. Hiroshi Tai of the University of Technology was tied for 4th place with 133 (-7). ), all four players completed 36 holes.
Tournament information – 81 teams and 45 individuals are competing for a spot in the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship Finals in six regional qualifying tournaments. The top five teams and one individual from each region will advance to the finals (30 teams and six individuals total). The finals will be held from May 24th to 29th at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.
Each NCAA region is a 54-hole stroke play event with 13 teams and 10 individuals, or 14 teams and 5 individuals. Technology is part of a regional field consisting of 13 teams and 10 individuals. Other regional sites and their top seeds are Tennessee (University of Texas Golf Club) in Austin, Texas, Auburn (University Club) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Arizona State (Farms Golf Club) in Rancho Santa Fe, California. . Florida State University in Stanford, California (Stanford Golf Course) and Vanderbilt in West Lafayette, Indiana (Burke Boilermaker Golf Course).
The Chapel Hill Regional is held at Finley Golf Club on the campus of the University of North Carolina. The course is set to play to a par of 70, measuring 7,084 yards.
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