Vols In Second; Suratt, Lewis Inside Top 10 Through Two Rounds at Fighting Irish Classic

SOUTH BEND, Indiana – The fifth-ranked Tennessee men’s golf team is in second place following two rounds of the Fighting Irish Classic, while Caleb Surratt and Bryce Lewis sit inside the top 10 individually.  

As a team, the Vols shot even-par in both rounds and currently sit four shots behind Indiana (-4) and one shot ahead of Northwestern (+1).  

Surratt guided Tennessee on day one after notching a 1-under 69 in round one and a 2-under 68 in round two. The sophomore sits tied for third at 3-under overall and is one stroke behind the lead heading into the final round.

One shot behind Surratt is Lewis, who logged a 3-under 67 in the opening round and a 1-over 71 in the second round. The redshirt senior is tied for sixth place heading into round three.

Redshirt junior Jake Hall posted a 1-over 71 in the first round and an even-par 71 in round two. He is 1-over and tied for 18th place ahead of day two.

Sophomore Evan Woosley-Reed and redshirt sophomore Lance Simpson shot 4-over throughout the first two rounds. The duo logged a 3-over 73 in round one and a 1-over 71 in the second round. They are tied for 37th place entering Monday’s final round.

Competing individually for the Vols, Laurent Desmarchais posted a two-round total of 9-over. The junior is tied for 63rd place ahead round three.

Bruce Murphy, who is also competing as an individual, posted a 10-over score for rounds one and two. He is tied for 71st going into the tournament’s final round.

Individual Scores

T3. Caleb Surratt, 69-69—137 (-3)

T6. Bryce Lewis, 67-71—138 (-2)

T18. Jake Hall, 71-70—141 (+1)

T37. Evan Woosley-Reed, 73-71—144 (+4)

T37. Lance Simpson, 73-71—144 (+4)

T63. Laurent Desmarchais, 75-74—149 (+9) (I)

T71. Bruce Murphy, 74-76—150 (+10) (I)

Team Leaderboard

1. Indiana, 279-277—556 (-4)

2. Tennessee, 280-280—560 (E)

3. Northwestern, 283-278-561 (+1)

4. Notre Dame, 281-283—564 (+4)

5. Iowa State, 276-289—565 (+5)

6. Purdue, 281-285—566 (+6)

7. Kansas, 281-288—569 (+9)

8. Iowa, 286-284—570 (+10)

9. Kent State, 278-297—575 (+15)

10. Louisville, 295-281—576 (+16)

11. Rutgers, 289-288—577 (+17)

12. Utah, 288-290—578 (+18)

13. Georgia Southern, 290-289—579 (+19)

14. Michigan State, 287-295—582 (+22)

TEE TIMES

Monday, Oct. 2

Round Three

8:00am ET – Bruce Murphy (Hole 10)

8:10am ET – Laurent Desmarchais (Hole 10)

9:40am ET – Lance Simpson (Hole 1)

9:50am ET – Evan Woosley-Reed (Hole 1)

10:00am ET –