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Vols in Eighth Through Two Rounds at the Puerto Rico Classic

Vols in Eighth Through Two Rounds at the Puerto Rico Classic


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The seventh-ranked Tennessee men’s golf team concluded round two at the Puerto Rico Classic on Monday and sit in eighth place as a team entering the tournament’s final round.
 
The Vols shot 6-under as a team during round two, bringing their two-round total to 11-under.
 
Giving Tennessee its best counting round was Bryce Lewis, who notched a 5-under round of 67 that entailed seven birdies. With Monday’s round, Lewis is at 6-under overall and enters the final round tied for fourth place.
 
Also tied for fourth place is Laurent Desmarchais, who is competing as an individual. The sophomore rallied a 3-under 69 during round two to get himself to a 6-under total.
 
Sitting three strokes back of Lewis and Desmarchais is Caleb Surratt, who gave UT its second-best counting round with a 1-under 71 to get to 3-under overall. The true freshman enters Tuesday’s round inside the top 20.
 
 Josh Hill also recorded a 1-under 71 during round two and recorded his first counting round as a Vol. The true freshman is tied for 62nd overall after the completion of rounds one and two.
 
Competing individually, Jake Hall posted his second 1-under round of the tournament to go into the final round at 2-under overall and currently sits tied for 26th.

Providing Tennessee with its final counting round on Monday was Evan Woosley-Reed, who logged a 1-over 73. The Shelbyville native sits tied for 26th alongside Hall.

 

In addition to Woosley-Reed, Cade Russell shot 1-over in round two and is tied for 69th going into the final day. 

 

Lance Simpson registered a 4-over 76 in the second round and sits tied for 67th place entering round three.

 

Individual Scores

T4. Bryce Lewis, -6 (138)

T4. Laurent Desmarchais, -6 (138) (individual)

T20. Caleb Surratt, -3 (141)

T26. Evan Woosley-Reed, -2 (142)

T26. Jake Hall, -2 (142) (individual) 

T62. Josh Hill, +5 (149)

T67. Lance Simpson, +7 (151)

T69. Cade Russell, +8 (152) (individual)

 

Team Leaderboard

1. East Tennessee State, -19

T2. Oklahoma, -14

T2. Ohio State, -14

4. Georgia, -12

T5. Ole Miss, -11

T5. South Carolina, -11

T5. Wisconsin, -11

8. Tennessee, -9

9. Iowa, -3

T10. Purdue, +1

T10. Marquette, +1

12. College of Charleston, +13

13. Maryland, +30

Tee Times

Round 3 – Tuesday, Feb. 14

7:30 a.m. ET shotgun start

 

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