Alabama Men’s Golf Closes Second Round Action at the Cabo Collegiate Invitational

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – The No. 17 Alabama men’s golf team fell two spots into 12^th overall after 36 holes of play at the Cabo Collegiate Invitational Monday. The Crimson Tide will enter the tournament’s third and final round with a team total of 596 (298-298).

Nick Dunlap led Alabama during Monday’s round collecting six birdies on the day to result in his team-leading 10^th round in the 60s this season. Dunlap’s two-day total of 3-over par 145 (76-69) has him in a tie for 25^th overall.

The Crimson Tide is one of the 13 teams in the 15-team field ranked inside the nation’s top 50 according to Golfstat.com, including five teams among the top 10.

The final round will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. CT Tuesday morning on the par 72, 7,156-yard Twin Dolphin Club.

Round Two Highlights

• Nick Dunlap began the day on Hole No. 13 and went on to record birdies on six of his first 14 holes, however, a triple bogey on No. 1 and a bogey on No. 12 – his final hole of the day – resulted in the 2-under par total
• Canon Claycomb, who entered the day having collected seven consecutive rounds of par or better to being the spring season, settled for a season-high round of 78 and is in a tie for 49^th overall at 7-over 149 (71-78)
• JP Cave, whose second-round score of even par 71 was the second-lowest round by any Tide golfer, is tied with Claycomb for 49^th with a 36-hole score of 149 (78-71)
• Jones Free (75-80/155) and Thomas Ponder (76-80/156) round out the Crimson Tide lineup in 64^th and 65^th, respectively
• Cave’s par three scoring average (2.75, -2) is tied for the lead among all golfers, while Dunlap is just behind (2.88, -1)

Tournament Field

• Top-ranked Vanderbilt (-15) carded an 11-under par team total in the second round to take a commanding lead over No. 44 Ole Miss (-2) heading into the round of play
• No. 2 Texas Tech (-1) and No. 3 Arizona State (E) join the Commodores and Rebels as the only teams in the field at-or-under par, with No. 48 Arkansas (+10) rounding out the top-five teams
• Now in its 13th season as a tournament, the Cabo Collegiate is being played at the Twin Dolphin Club, a course designed by Fred Couples, this year due to a construction…