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Men's Golf in Seventh Place at Morris Williams
April 07, 2008 | Men's Golf
April 7, 2008
LUBBOCK, Texas - In a field featuring eight of the top 50 teams in the country, the No. 28 Texas Tech men's golf team is in seventh place after day one of the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin. Tech fired a 21-over 589 for the first two rounds to land one shot back of the nation's top-ranked team, Alabama, and sit just three strokes out of fourth place.
The Red Raiders opened the day strong, carding a nine-over 293 to fall just three strokes off the leaders in fourth place. Tech followed with a 296 in the second round but fell a couple spots in the standings as a number of teams caught fire to cause the leaderboard to shift.
Freshman Sergio Franky and junior Garrett Merrell each fired one-over 72s to lead Tech in the first round. Franky carded a 74 in the second round to lead the squad at four-over 146 for the day and put himself in a tie for 15th place. Merrell (72-75) and Santiago Rivas (75-72) are both tied for 20th at five-over 147. Chris Ward (74-75) is tied for 28th with a seven-over 149, while Will Griffin, who had Tech's lowest stroke average entering the event, rounded off the Red Raiders at 153.
Oklahoma State leads the field at nine-over 577, while No. 14 UNLV is three shots back in second with a 580. Host Texas is four shots back in third, and No. 16 Auburn (586) is in fourth place just ahead of a tight pack that includes No. 20 Central Florida (587), No. 1 Alabama (588), Tech and No. 35 Pepperdine (593). They are followed by No. 18 Louisville, BYU, No. 48 TCU, Tulsa, New Mexico, Fresno State and San Diego.
Tuesday's final round is set to tee off in the morning at the University of Texas Country Club. Live stats are available at www.golfstat.com.
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