University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Men's Golf Team Moves Up To 17th At NCAA Championship
June 2, 2006 | Men's Golf
June 1, 2006
SUNRIVER, ORE. - The University of North Carolina men's golf team fired a one-over-par 289 in the second round of the NCAA Championship and moved up to 17th place with a 10-over 586 total. Washington leads the 30-team field with a 13-under 563 after firing a six-under 282 at Sunriver Resort's Crosswater Golf Course.
Wake Forest and Arizona State are three stokes behind the Huskies with 10-under 566 totals. Florida is alone in fourth place at 569 while Clemson and Kentucky are tied for fifth at 570, Oklahoma State is seventh at 572 and Minnesota is eighth at 573.
The Tar Heels were led in the second round by senior Jonathan Jackson and freshman Robert Riesen who both fired a two-under 70, Jackson, from Chapel Hill, and Riesen, from Pinehurst, N.C., are deadlocked in a tie for 63rd place, Junior Martin Ureta, from Santiago, Chile, is two strokes back at 148 in a tie for 92nd after carding a 76. Chase MacFarland, a freshman from Savannah, Ga., posted a one-over 73 for a 150 total and is tied for 117th place while senior Ted Smith, from Westlake, Ohio, has a 151 total and is tied for 122nd after carding a 78.
Kyle Reifers of Wake Forest held on to the individual lead firing a two-under 70 for a nine-under 135 total. Four players are three strokes back in a tie for second place with six-under 138 totals - Washington's Zach Bixler, Arizona State's Niklas Lemke and Oklahoma State's Pablo Martin and Jonathan Moore. Another four players are tied for sixth place at five-under 139 - Arizona State's Alejandro Canizares, Washington's Alex Prugh, Lamar's Dusty Smith and Kentucky's Andy Winings.
The 72-hole event continues through Saturday at the Sunriver Resort's Crosswater Golf Course which features a par 72, 7,630-yard layout. After Friday's third round the field will be cut to the top 15 teams and top six individuals not on those 15 teams.
TEAM STANDINGS (36 Holes)
1. Washington 281-282-563
2. Wake Forest 277-289-566
Arizona State 287-279-566
4. Florida 284-285-569
5. Clemson 282-288-570
Kentucky 283-287-570
7. Oklahoma State 281-291-572
8. Minnesota 287-286-573
9. Texas A&M 291-283-574
UCLA 280-294-574
11. Lamar 292-283-575
12. NC State 284-295-579
Arizona 296-283-579
Georgia 293-286-579
15. UNLV 293-290-583
Coastal Carolina 296-287-583
17. North Carolina 297-289-586
18. Charlotte 288-299-587
Northwestern 292-295-587
Texas Tech 297-290-587
Duke 290-297-587
East Tennessee State 286-301-587
23. South Carolina 292-296-588
Auburn 295-293-588
25. Nevada 296-294-590
Oklahoma 284-306-590
Brigham Young 292-298-590
Pepperdine 296-294-590
29. Georgia Tech 301-294-595
30. Loyola Marymount 300-312-612
TOP INDIVIDUALS (36 Holes)
1. Kyle Reifers (WF) 65-70-135
2. Zach Bixler (Wash.) 70-68-138
Niklas Lemke (ASU) 70-68-138
Pablo Martinn (Okla. St.) 66-72-138
Jonathan Moore (Okla. St.) 68-70-138
6. Alejandro Canizares (ASU) 73-66-139
Alex Prugh (Wash.) 67-72-139
Dusty Smith (Lamar) 71-68-139
Andy Winings (Ky.) 70-69-139
CAROLINA'S INDIVIDUALS
T63 Robert Riesen 76-70-146
T63 Jonathan Jackson 76-70-146
T92 Martin Ureta 72-76-148
T117 Chase MacFarland 77-73-150
T122 Ted Smith 73-78-151
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