May 18, 2012
STANFORD, Calif. -- - Stanford's men's golf team is tied for third place after two rounds of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships-Stanford Regional after the Cardinal shot a five-under score of 275 on Friday.
Stanford is tied with Alabama-Birmingham for third place at 552, six strokes behind first place California, which sits atop the leader board at 546 (-14) followed closely by San Diego State (547; -13).
Tennessee (553; -7) has a one shot lead over San Francisco (554; -6) for the coveted fifth spot, as the low five teams from this regional will advance to the NCAA Championships later this month in Pacific Palisades.
Oregon State (556; -4), which shot an 11-under 269 today, along with Central Florida (557; -3) are well within striking distance of the cutline.
Stanford freshman Patrick Rodgers shot a four-under 66 and is tied for eighth place at 136 (-4). Rodgers picked up birdies on holes 7 and 8 to make the turn at one-under. He added five more birdies on the backside, including three in a row through holes 15, 16 and 17 before making bogey on 18 to finish at 66.
Rodgers is five strokes behind Cal's Michael Kim, who crafted a six-under 64 today to move to nine-under 131 for 36 holes.
Josh Anderson of Pepperdine and Zachary Blair of BYU, two of 10 individuals in this event, are tied for second at 132 (-8). The low individual player not affiliated with a team will also earn a spot in the NCAA Championship field.
Anderson and Blair will be paired together tomorrow and will tee off at 10:04 from hole 10.
Brandon Hagy of Cal and J.J. Spaun of San Diego State, who shot a seven-under 63 today, are tied for fourth place at 133.
Stanford's Patrick Grimes, who opened the tournament with a two-under 66, turned in an even par score of 70 on Friday and is tied for 18th place at 138 (-2). Grimes made birdies on his first two holes but slipped back to even par on the day following bogeys on holes 3 and 5.
An eagle on the par-5 seventh hole got him back to two-under, but he played his final nine holes at two-over to finish with a 70.
Sophomore Cameron Wilson is tied for 30th at even par 140 after his second consecutive round of 70. Wilson made the turn at two-over but picked up birdies on holes 11, 15 and 16 before finishing with a bogey for a second round score of 70.
Junior Andrew Yun overcame bogeys on his first two holes to shoot a one-under 69, thanks to late birdies on holes 16 and 18. Yun is tied for 33rd at 141 (+1) after opening with a 72 on Thursday.
David Chung shot a three-over 73 and is tied for 41st at 142.
Stanford will be paired with California and San Diego State for tomorrow's final round and will tee off from the first hole beginning at 8:45 a.m.