Bulldogs In Top 3 After Suspended Second Round

STARKVILLE, Miss. – No. 21 Mississippi State finished the first day of the Mossy Oak Collegiate in third place after the second round was suspended due to darkness. The Bulldogs shot 24-under as a team through 30 holes, just four strokes back from No. 4 Auburn and No. 15 Tennessee, which are tied for the lead (28-under).

Hunter Logan is the frontrunner for the Bulldogs going into the final day, sitting tied for sixth at 8-under. Logan totaled 12 birdies for the day, carding four consecutively on the final four holes of the second round with a bogey-free front nine before play was suspended.

Garrett Endicott is one stroke behind Logan in a tie for eighth. The freshman carded eight birdies on the day and made an eagle on the 17th green. Three of his eight birdies came on consecutive holes in the second round.

Ford Clegg is tied for 11th at 6-under. He has shot par or better on 18 consecutive holes, going bogey-free on the back nine of the first round and front nine of the second round. Clegg also sank three straight birdies on holes No. 5-7 in the second round.

Pedro Cruz Silva is tied for 22nd, shooting 4-under for the day. He went bogey-free on the front nine of the first round with five birdies before suspended play.

Ruan Pretorius is tied for 33rd, making a 22-spot jump from his first-round finish. He carded six birdies for the day and has 12-staight holes of par or better.

Austin Vukovits and Alejandro Pedryc are both tied for 40th. Vukovits sank four of his six birdies on the front nine of the second round, and Pedryc registered four first-round birdies. 

Harrison Davis is tied for 50th with four birdies and an eagle on the 17th hole. William Wann sits in a tie for 59th. 

Ben Loveard is tied for 66th and finished the day with three consecutive birdies on holes 7-9. Bo Blanchard is tied for 84th.

The field will resume the suspended second round at 8 a.m. CT on Tuesday and play continuously through the final round.

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