#7 Arkansas 5th After 36 Holes at the Valspar
PALM CITY, Fla. – #7 Arkansas sits in fifth place after two rounds Monday in the stacked 16-team Valspar Collegiate Invitational with a 36-hole, 18-under-par score of 550 (270-280), played at the Floridian National Golf Club (par 71).
Top-ranked Auburn leads the way at 538 (-30), followed by #10 Texas Tech (-28), #6 Texas (-20), #30 Florida State (-19) and Arkansas.
Of the 10 rounds played by the Razorbacks on Monday, eight were under par.
Erich Fortlage and Gerardo Gomez are tied for 10th at -6 (136).
Fortlage shot a career-best, bogey-free 65 (-6) in the morning sessions, posting three birdies on each nine, and he was in second place. Fortlage had an even-par round in the afternoon session with three birdies, a bogey and a double.
Gomez had four birdies and a bogey for an opening-round 67, matching his best total for 18 holes for the third time this season. In round two, Gomez turned in a 3-under 69 and moved up two spots into a nine-way tie for 10th.
John Daly II offset a double bogey on the par-5 7th with an eagle on the par-5 15th to finish with a 68 after 18 holes. In round two, Daly was 1-under and is tied for 25th (138 / -4).
Niilo Maki-Petaja carded two rounds of 70 and is tied for 38th (140) while Thomas Curry is tied for 54th (143) with rounds of 70-73.
The Valspar concludes with 18 holes on Tuesday.
VALSPAR COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Host: Houston
Floridian National Golf Club
Palm City, Fla.
Par: 71 • 7,088 yards
Format: 5 count 4 ||36 holes Monday / 18 Holes Tuesday
RESULTS THRU RD2:
1 #1 Auburn 264-274=538 / -30
2 #10 Texas Tech 273-267=540 / -28
3 #6 Texas 268-280=548 / -20
4 #30 Florida State 269-280=550 / -19
5 #7 Arkansas 270-280=550 / -18
6 Houston 271-282=553 / -15
7 #23 Duke 280-274=554 / -14
T8 #14 Oklahoma 274-282=556 / -12
T8 #32 Texas A&M 277-279=556 / -12
10 #24 Southern Cal 277-281=558 / -10
T11 #13 Pepperdine 279-281=560 / -8
T11 #29 Wake Forest 286-274=560 / -8
13 #8 Arizona State 278-283=561 / -7
14 #17 North Carolina 282-280=562 / -6
15 Rice 282-291=571 / +5
16 Augusta 286-294=580 / +12
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