Graham leads Texas Tech after 36

PALM CITY, Fla. – Freshman Connor Graham led the way for the Red Raiders in the first two rounds of the Valspar Intercollegiate Invitational played on Monday at Floridian National Golf Club. He fired a two-round score of 3-under-par 139 that included seven birdies on the par 71 championship course.

Graham was the only Red Raider to fire an under-par score in the first round on Monday. The freshman shot a 1-under-par 70 in the opening round and followed with an impressive 2-under-par 69 in the second round. He currently sits in a tie for 21st and will be playing for his fifth top-20 finish of his young career, and his fourth in a row, in the final round on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Ben Gregg bounced back after a slow start in the first round and joined Graham as one of three Red Raiders to shoot under par in the second round. Gregg finished his second round with a 3-under-par 68 after opening with a 2-over 73. His improvement shot him up the standings 29 places and into a tie for 27th. Gregg's second-round score on Monday was his 10th in the 60s of his collegiate career. Tim Wiedemeyer was the third Red Raider who owned a solid second round. He fired a 2-under-par 69 and is 2-over-par overall and tied for 50th place after 36 holes. He opened the first round with a 4-over-par 75.

As a team, Texas Tech finished Monday's first 36 holes in 14th out of the stacked field of 17 with a 3-over-par 571. The Red Raiders opened with an 8-over 292 but bounced back with a 5-under-par 279 in the second round.

The Red Raiders will start the third and final round of the Valspar Intercollegiate with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. CDT.

Valspar Intercollegiate (Round 2)
1. Texas: 271 – 272 = 543 (-25)
2. Arizona State: 278 – 273 = 551 (-17)
3. Oklahoma: 282 – 273 = 555 (-13)
4. Auburn: 281 – 275 = 556 (-12)
T-5. Florida State: 276 – 281 = 557 (-11)
T-5. Duke: 280 – 277 = 557 (-11)
7. Texas A&M: 275 – 284 = 559 (-9)
8. Vanderbilt: 274 – 286 = 560 (-8)
9. North Carolina: 284 – 278 = 562 (-6)
10. Tennessee: 285 – 279 = 564 (-4)
11. Arkansas: 280 – 286 = 566 (-2)
12. USF: 278- 289 = 567 (-1)
13. Houston: 285 – 284 = 569 (+1)
14. Texas Tech: 292 – 279 = 571 (+3)
15. Wake Forest: 285 – 290 = 575 (+7)
16. Augusta: 292 – 289 = 581 (+13)
17. Ohio State: 295 – 290 = 585 (+17)

Red Raiders in the Field (Round 2)
T-21. Connor Graham: 70 – 69 = 139 (-3)
T-27. Ben Gregg: 73 – 68 = 141 (-1)
T-50. Tim Wiedemeyer: 75 – 69 = 144 (+2)
T-76. Charlie DeLong: 77 – 73 = 150 (+8)
T-79. Price Hill: 74 – 77 = 151 (+9)

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