April 4, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Stanford's men's golf teams finds itself in fifth place at the 36 hole mark of the Morris Williams Invitational being held at the University of Texas Golf Course in Austin, Texas.
The Cardinal shot a team score of 312 in its morning round on Monday, but improved by 13 strokes in the afternoon to card a 299. At 611, Stanford is +43 for 36 holes and trail first place and host Texas (296-304-600) by 11 strokes heading into tomorrow's final round.
TCU is in second place at 601 (+33), followed closely by Arkansas (604) and Texas Tech (610).
New Mexico (612) and Pepperdine (612) are on the heels of the Cardinal and the rest of the leaders.
Stanford sophomore Andrew Yun is tied for third place at 147 (+5) after carding rounds of 73 and 74 on Monday. He had just one birdie on his card in the morning and offset six bogies with three birdies on his afternoon 18.
Yun and Arkansas' Jamie Marshall trail first round leader Tom Hogue (141) of TCU by six strokes, while Texas' Julio Vegas (143) is two strokes off the pace.
Senior Graham Brockington is tied for 23rd at 154 after rounds of 78 and 76.
Senior Steve Ziegler is tied for 29th at 155 (+13) after rounds of 79 and 76.
After shooting an 84 in his morning round, sophomore Steve Ziegler carded a 1-over 73 in his afternoon round and stands at 157, good for a tie for 40th place.
Cameron Wilson shot rounds of 82 and 79 and is tied for 59th at 161.
Play at the Morris Williams Invitational will conclude tomorrow with teams playing a final 18 holes.