PINEHURST, N.C. – Wichita State’s Ryan Spears recorded one of the more remarkable turnarounds in tournament history when he shot a second round 63 to set a tournament record, but it was Wofford’s Neil O’Briain who grabbed the lead after two rounds at the 2006 Mid Pines Men’s Golf Intercollegiate hosted by UNC Greensboro.
Tournament host UNC Greensboro is tied for eighth in the team standings, led by J.D. Bass’ three-under par. Bass shot a 69 in the morning and was even-par 72 in the afternoon. He is tied for 11th in the individual standings.
O’Briain fired a 67 in the morning and 65 in the afternoon to finish the day 12-under par and hold a six-shot lead over Spears and Shocker teammate Ty Sanders.
Sanders and Spears paced the Shockers to the top of the team leader board. Wichita State shot a two-round total of 560 to hold a two-shot lead over Wisconsin and three-shot margin over Old Dominion entering Tuesday morning’s final round.
Spears, however, had the round of the day. After recording a 75 in the morning’s opening round, he went out in the afternoon and shot 31 on the front and 32 on the backside. He had seven birdies and an eagle, that coming on the 484-yard par 5, to break the record set by California’s Jeff Hood in 2003. The nine-under par 63 was one shot off of the Mid Pines course record.
The final round gets underway Tuesday morning at 8:45 am.
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Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Wichita State Univ. 287 273 560
2 Wisconsin, U. of 282 280 562
3 Old Dominion Univ. 283 280 563
4 VCU 284 286 570
Wofford College 289 281 570
6 Maryland, U. of 285 290 575
7 East Carolina Univ. 291 289 580
8 UNC Greensboro 287 295 582
Marshall University 289 293 582
10 Louisiana - Monroe 293 290 583
11 Boston College 296 289 585
12 Georgetown Univ. 300 289 589
Davidson College 306 283 589
14 Belmont University 295 297 592
15 Stephen F. Austin St 295 298 593
16 Liberty University 308 289 597
17 Catawba College 311 309 620
Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores
1 Neil O'Briain Wofford 67 65 132
2 Ryan Spears Wichita St 75 63 138
Ty Sanders Wichita St 70 68 138
4 Dan Woltman Wisconsin 70 69 139
Matt Watson Old Domin. 69 70 139
Christian Brand Marshall 66 73 139
Eric Onesi Old Domin. 70 69 139
8 Jeff Kaiser Wisconsin 70 70 140
Mike McKenzie Wofford 71 69 140
Lanto Griffin VCU 69 71 140
11 Pat Collogan ULM 72 69 141
Cameron Bishop Wichita St 70 71 141
J.D. Bass UNCG 69 72 141
Garrett Jones Wisconsin 66 75 141
Jens Fahrbring VCU 71 70 141
16 Tyler Whitman Maryland 71 71 142
David McKendrick ULM 71 71 142
Stan Guerrero Old Domin. 70 72 142
19 Robert Reed Boston Co. 70 73 143
Matt Brookbanks VCU 69 74 143
Zachariah Potter Wichita St 72 71 143
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