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Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. – Georgia State opened the spring season
on Monday in 11th place, just seven strokes out of fifth at the
SeaBest Seafood Invitational hosted by Jacksonville University. The 54-hole
tournament is taking place at the TPC at Sawgrass PLAYERS Stadium Course, the
same course that hosts The PLAYERS Championship each May.
The Panthers shot a morning round 304 and followed with an
afternoon 313. After a first round scoring average of 78.40 for the 90-player
field, things only slightly got better in the afternoon with a 77.08 stroke
average.
Freshman Jonathan Grey shot rounds of 74 and 75 to stand at 5-over
and tied for 13th with 18 holes to play on Thursday.
“We had some ups and some downs today,” commented head coach Joe
Inman. “We made some really nice birdies, but we also had too many big numbers.
The course is playing difficult, but I think we can put together a good round
on Tuesday and move significantly up the leaderboard.”
Grey, who won twice in the fall and has never finished worse than
19th in four tournaments as a Panther, made three birdies in each of
his first two rounds and is just four strokes outside of the top five.
Sophomore Davin White and junior Kevin Lee are tied for 30th
entering the final round. White shot a pair of identical 77's to stand at
10-over. Coming off of a sixth place finish at the Jones Cup Invitational over
the weekend, White played consistent golf, but a quadruple-bogey nine in his
first round and a triple-bogey eight in his second derailed his round.
Lee shot a first round 76 and followed with an afternoon 78. He
also played consistent golf, but a pair of double bogeys at the tough par-3 17th
island hole led to his 10-over score.
Junior Tyler Gruca, who also played in the Jones Cup over the
weekend, opened with a 77 and shot an afternoon 83 to stand at 16-over and tied
for 59th. Each round got off to solid starts, but he struggled on
the final few holes as the Panthers started on the middle of the front nine as
a part of the 15-team shotgun.
Junior Ross Mclister rounded out the Panthers line-up and stands
tied for 63rd after rounds of 78 and 83.
No. 26 Tennessee leads the field by six strokes and stands at
3-over entering Tuesday's final round. The Volunteers had the round of the
tournament by 10 strokes, shooting a second round 9-under, 279. No. 30 Texas A&M
stands in second at 9-over, followed by No. 46 Coastal Carolina at 20-over.
Winthrop stands alone in fourth at 24-over, followed by Old Dominion and ETSU
tied in fifth at 34-over.
Tennessee's Rick Lamb holds an eight-stroke lead entering the
final round. Lamb shot a second round 65 and leads teammate Jay Vandeventer who
stands 1-under par. Texas A&M's Drew Evans is alone in third at even par,
followed by Jacksonville State's Tomasz Anderson and ETSU's Adrian Meronk, tied
for fourth at 1-over.
Tee times for
Tuesday's 18 holes begin at 8:30 a.m. with split tees. The Panthers will tee
off the 10th hole at 8:30 a.m. with Francis Marion and Wofford. Live
scoring for the tournament will be available through GolfStat.com.
Georgia State will return to the course Feb. 18-19 at the Wexford
Plantation Intercollegiate to defend its 2012 team and individual titles in
Hilton Head, S.C. The 54-hole tournament is hosted by Francis Marion.
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