Ducks Move Up to Fifth After Amer Ari Second Round

Friday, February 3

Waikoloa, Hawaii

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University of Oregon

Amer Ari Invitational

Ducks Move Up to Fifth After Amer Ari Second Round

02/03/17 | Men's Golf

Round Two Scorecard

By: Erin Kunesh

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii – The Oregon men's golf team moved from T7 to fifth after a 12-under (276) second round at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate at the Waikoloa Kings' Course.

Freshman Norman Xiong and senior Wyndham Clark led the Ducks on the leader board and are tied for 13^th at 6-under.

Texas Tech leads the 21-team field at 35-under and USC follows one stroke behind the Red Raiders. Rico Henry of USC is currently in first place after a round of 63 following his 67 from the first round (230, -14).

The tournament's third and final round will begin Saturday morning with a 9:30 a.m. PT shotgun start.

Full and individual results can be found at Golfstat.

How it Happened: Through the first six holes of the day, the Ducks dropped from their T7 spot after the first round, to ninth. Texas Tech and USC were neck and neck as the early front runners of the day and were -22 and -21, respectively. Through six, Clark moved up to a tie for 13^th from his T22 spot after round one. Xiong and sophomore Edwin Yi were at even par and tied for 48^th. Gronlund, who finished the first round at the top Duck at T12, fell to a tie for 28^th after a double bogey on the 9^th hole.

Through 10, the Ducks started to make their official jump on the leader board and were at 12-under, in a tie with Colorado. Xiong made conservatives moves up to a tie for 44^th and was 1-under. Clark had one bogey and three birdies, giving him a boost to a tie for 15^th at 4-under.

After the 16^th hole, the Ducks were in fourth and Texas Tech stood a -17 on the day, giving them a five-stroke advantage over USC. With three holes to go, Xiong had met par nine times and had six birdies, catapulting him up to a tie for 22^nd.

For the final of the day, the Ducks finished with a 12-under 276, giving them a total of 561 through two rounds. Xiong and Clark are tied at 138 (-6), while Gronlund follows with a 1-under, 143. Sophomores Edwin Yi and Ryan Gronlund round out Oregon's lineup at T51 (E) and T90 (+5), respectively.

USC (273-268—541, -35) edged out Texas Tech (270-272—542, -34) by one stroke for the top spot on the leader board. Trailing first place by 19 stokes, Stanford and Colorado are tied for third at a 16-under 560 after two rounds.

Golfing as individuals, freshman Kevin Geniza fired a 73 on the day and is tied at 26 at 4-under. Redshirt senior Nigel Lett matched his first round 69 and is 6-under, tied for 13^th.

Second Day Team Standings:
1. USC, 273-268—541, -35
2. Texas Tech, 270-272—542, -34
T3. Stanford, 278-282—560, -16
T3. Colorado, 289-279—560, -16
5. Oregon, 285-276—561, -15
6. Oklahoma State, 286-278—564, -12
T7. TCU, 281-284—565, -11
T7. Arizona State, 286-279—565, -11
T9. UCLA, 285-281—566, -10
T9. Georgia Tech, 288-278—566, -10
T9. Texas, 284-282—566, -10
12. Oregon State, 292-284—576, E
13. St. Mary's (CA), 300-279—579, +3
14. San Jose State, 292-289—581, +5
T15. UC Davis, 295-287—582, +6
T15. Auburn, 290-292—582, +4
17. Hawaii, 294-290—584, +8
18. Osaka Gakuin University, 298-292—590, +14
19. Pacific, 298-295—593, +17
20. Chico State, 292-303—595, +19
21. Hawaii – Hilo, 304-300—604, +28

Oregon Lineup:
T13 Wyndham Clark (RSR.) 70-68—138, -6
T13 Norman Xiong (FR.) 74-64—138, -6
T45 Ryan Gronlund (RSO.) 69-74—143, -1
T51 Edwin Yi (SO.) 72-72—144, E
T90 Sam Foust (SO.) 77-72—149, +5

T26 Ind. Kevin Geniza (FR.) 67-73—140, -4
T13 Ind. Nigel Lett (RSR.) 69-69—138, -6

Day Two Individual Leaders:
1 Rico Henry (USC) 67-63—230, -14
T2 Fredrik Nilehn (Texas Tech) 66-67—133, -11
T2 Ethan Freeman (Colorado) 68-65—133, -11
T2 Kyle Suppa (USC) 64-69—133, -11
T5 Maverick McNealy (Stanford) 68-66—134, -10
T5 Jared duToit (Arizona State) 64-70—134, -10

Quotes: Head coach Casey Martin –

"We definitely had a better day today than we did yesterday. Norman really carried us with his 64 today and played some really incredible golf. Wyndham was right there for us too. Our other guys are due for really good rounds tomorrow to close out. I don't expect us to win this one, but I'm hoping for a strong finish."

Looking Ahead: The third and final round will begin tomorrow morning with the shotgun start set for 9:30 a.m. PT

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