Cards’ Second Round 270 Lifts Men’s Golf to Third Place at Fighting Irish Classic

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville men’s golf team shot a 10-under-par 270 in the second round of action to guide the Cardinals into third place after two rounds of the Fighting Irish Classic Monday in South Bend, Ind.

The 270 is the lowest team score since the Maui Jim during the 2022-23 campaign.

After opening the day with a 7-over-par 287, the Cardinals fired back with 22 birdies on the second 18 holes of the day to climb into third place at 3-under-par heading into Tuesday’s final round. North Carolina is eight shots ahead of Louisville at 11-under-par and UCLA is second at 8-under-par.

Brady Smith jumped into a tie for second place with a score 5-under-par (135) after carding rounds of 67-68=135 tto sit just four shots off the lead of North Carolina’s Carson Bertagnole, who is at 9-under-par.

Cooper Claycomb is tied for eighth after his 36 holes on Monday. The junior opened with a 73 but responded with a personal best 64 to end the day at 3-under-par.

Andrew Tan is tied for 28th after shooting 142. He opened with a first round of 73 and followed that up with a round of 69 to stand at 2-over-par. Easton Johnson is tied for 34th with a 143 and Warren Thomis is tied for 52nd at 6-over-par.

The Cardinals will look to attempt to catch the leaders when play resumes on Tuesday morning.