Peng Still Leads, Huskies Eighth at The Goodwin

SAN FRANCISCO — Tournament play at The Goodwin continued Tuesday, with the Washington men’s golf team looking to maintain its momentum among contending teams. Washington posted a 3-over 283 in the second round, ending the round in eighth place as a group and sliding four spots from yesterday.
 
“A little bit of a frustrating day for us, we hoped to be closer to the lead at the end of the round, but there were some real positives” said UW coach Alan Murray.
 
Leading the effort for Washington was senior Bo Peng, who is presently tied atop the player leaderboard after today’s 2-under 68 performance.
 
“He really played an excellent round of golf,” said Murray. “He was very composed throughout and made five birdies.”
 
In the wake of a first-place finish at the tournament preceding The Goodwin, senior Petr Hruby continues his strong play, climbing 12 spots on the player leaderboard from yesterday to 16^th overall after carding a 1-under par in round two.
 
“Petr was really solid and made 17 pars in a row before the birdie on his last hole. You can see how mature his game is and he is really managing himself well” Murray said.
 
A pair of Huskies, Taehoon Song and freshman Joshua Koo are tied for 78^th in the field. Song delivered an eagle on his final hole of the day to give the Huskies team score a jolt, while Koo notched two birdies.
 
“Taehoon Song made a big eagle on the last hole to help us out, it was a big putt on his last green for us,” said Murray. “Josh Koo continues to show a lot of potential, and he is on the verge of having a breakthrough event.”
 
Teddy Lin sits behind them at 100^th overall, and Robert Galligan, competing as an individual, climbed 24 spots today into 121^st place among those competing.
                                                                                            
The Huskies will turn their attention to tomorrow’s third round, still in position to reclaim last season’s success in this tournament.
 
“We need to have a good round tomorrow to try to climb as high as we can up the leaderboard,” said Murray.
 
The final round…