PINEHURST, N.C. – The sixth-ranked and second-seeded Florida State Men’s Golf team is in position to clinch a possible third-straight trip to ACC match play, sitting in third place through the first two rounds of the ACC Championship held Friday at the Country Club of North Carolina at Pinehurst.
We’re in position.
A second-round 7️⃣1️⃣ by @coleagolf helps put the Noles in third place through 2 rounds at 4-under.
Following the conclusion of Saturday’s final stroke-play round, the top 4 teams at the @ACCMGolf Championship advance to match play on Sunday #OneTribe pic.twitter.com/v1ZDKlBMVi
— FSU Golf (@FSUGolf) April 21, 2023
The top four teams following Saturday’s final round of stroke play will advance to the match play semifinals on Sunday. The Seminoles are at 4-under and trail only Wake Forest (11-under) and Georgia Tech (13-under).
Behind Florida State but within striking distance are Duke (3-under), Virginia (even), Louisville (1-over) and North Carolina (2-over).
Junior Frederik Kjettrup led the Seminoles in the first two rounds at 2-under (69-73). His opening round included four birdies to just one bogey. Kjettrup is tied for seventh overall on the leaderboard, which is led by Wake Forest’s Michael Brennan at 9-under.
Redshirt junior Cole Anderson is 1-under (72-71) and posted FSU’s best second-round score with a 1-under 71. His second round included three birdies to two bogeys. Anderson is tied for 12th overall.
Freshman Jack Bigham is also in the counting score category as he ties with Anderson at 1-under (71-72). After carding a 37 on his first nine holes in the second round, he finished strong with a 35 on his final nine holes, which were played on the front nine.
Fellow freshman Luke Clanton is tied for 17th at even par (72-72). Junior Brett Roberts is 1-over (72-73) and tied for 22nd.
FSU led the field with 125 pars recorded on Friday, and shot the second-lowest score on par 3 holes at 5-over combined.
Roberts tees off first on Saturday morning in the final stroke-play round beginning at 8:30 a.m.
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