Long Beach State University
NCAA Athens Regional
Chian in seventh place after two rounds at NCAA Athens Regional
5/18/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 18, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. - Long Beach State fired a 3-under-par 281 in Friday's second round of the NCAA Athens Regional to move up in the standings and finish the day in a three-way tie for seventh place at the University of Georgia Golf Course.
LBSU improved by 16 shots from its opening round score of 297 to jump from 12th to the middle of the 13-team field. The 49ers are tied with Houston and Wake Forest with a 36-hole score of 10-over 578.
Top-seed Alabama remains on top of the team standings as the Crimson Tide holds a 12-stroke lead over East Carolina (-11) in second and 17 shots over North Florida (-6) in third. Regional host Georgia (E) sits in fourth, 23 shots behind Alabama.
Junior Philip Chian was the top player for LBSU as he fired a 68, tying his season-low round and placing seventh at 3-under 139. Chian's scorecard for the second round was almost bogey-free despite making just one bogey for the day at the par-4, 418-yard 14th hole. The Covina native started the day on the back-nine where he collected two birdies and six pars. Chian's front-nine was bogey free as he recorded two more birdies and seven pars.
Seniors Kevin Lim and Kevin Roy are tied for 30th at 3-over 145 as Lim carded a 71 and Roy tied his career-low with a 67. Lim improved by three shots to move up from 51st, collecting five birdies, eight pars and five bogeys. Roy improved by 11 shots to move up from 68th as the native from Syracuse, N.Y. was bogey free on the back-nine, recording four birdies and five pars. On the front, Roy came out even, making three birdies and three bogeys.
Freshman Xander Schauffele shot a 75 to tie for 59th at 7-over 149. Schauffele made just one birdie for the round, while recording 13 pars and two bogeys and one-double bogey.
Junior Raymond Ho improved by five shots for a 76 to tie for 72nd at 15-over 157.
Bobby Wyatt of Alabama shot a 67 to move up to the top spot and lead the field of 75 players by one stroke over his fellow teammate Justin Thomas.
Final round play concludes on Saturday with the 49ers teeing off at 5:40 a.m. (PST) from the 10th tee with Houston and Wake Forest. Live play can be followed on Golfstat.com.
| T7 | Long Beach State | 297 | 281 | 578 |
| 7 | Philip Chian (3) | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T30 | Kevin Lim (1) | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| T30 | Kevin Roy (2) | 78 | 67 | 145 |
| T59 | Xander Schauffele (4) | 74 | 75 | 149 |
| T72 | Raymond Ho (5) | 81 | 76 | 157 |
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| Course:University of Georgia Golf Course: Par-71, 7,253 Yards Par 71 - 7253 yards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| current position | team | scoring | rounds | total score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| to par | thru | today | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |
| -23 | F | -8 | 269 | 276 | 545 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
| -11 | F | -3 | 276 | 281 | 557 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |
| -6 | F | +7 | 271 | 291 | 562 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |
| E | F | +4 | 280 | 288 | 568 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
| +7 | F | +6 | 285 | 290 | 575 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
| +9 | F | +11 | 282 | 295 | 577 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T7 |
| +10 | F | +12 | 282 | 296 | 578 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T7 |
| +10 | F | -3 | 297 | 281 | 578 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T7 |
| +10 | F | +10 | 284 | 294 | 578 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |
| +11 | F | +12 | 283 | 296 | 579 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |
| +13 | F | +9 | 288 | 293 | 581 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |
| +19 | F | +18 | 285 | 302 | 587 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |
| +33 | F | +16 | 301 | 300 | 601 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group | Course | Time | Start Hole | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 1 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 7:50 | 1 | Nick Reach Georgia | Sean Romero New Mexico | Stefan Brewer UNCW |
| 2 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:00 | 1 | Joey Garber Georgia | Gavin Green New Mexico | Ryan Nagy UNCW |
| 3 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:10 | 1 | Keith Mitchell Georgia | Victor Perez New Mexico | Patrick Sawrey UNCW |
| 4 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:20 | 1 | Brian Carter Georgia | John Catlin New Mexico | Thomas Bass UNCW |
| 5 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:30 | 1 | T.J. Mitchell Georgia | James Erkenbeck New Mexico | Payne McLeod UNCW |
| 6 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:40 | 1 | Hunter Hamrick Alabama | Zach Edmondson East Carolina | Joey Petronio North Florida |
| 7 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:50 | 1 | Scott Strohmeyer Alabama | David Watkins East Carolina | Kevin Phelan North Florida |
| 8 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:00 | 1 | Cory Whitsett Alabama | Adam Stephenson East Carolina | Sean Dale North Florida |
| 9 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:10 | 1 | Justin Thomas Alabama | Harold Varner East Carolina | MJ Maguire North Florida |
| 10 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:20 | 1 | Bobby Wyatt Alabama | Ryan Eibner East Carolina | Kevin Aylwin North Florida |
| 11 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 7:30 | 10 | Will Dusenbury Houston | Raymond Ho Long Beach State | Cyrus Stewart Wake Forest |
| 12 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 7:40 | 10 | Jesse Droemer Houston | Xander Schauffele Long Beach State | Thomas Birdsey Wake Forest |
| 13 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 7:50 | 10 | Roman Robledo Houston | Kevin Roy Long Beach State | Charlie Harrison Wake Forest |
| 14 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:00 | 10 | James Ross Houston | Kevin Lim Long Beach State | Evan Beck Wake Forest |
| 15 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:10 | 10 | Curtis Reed Houston | Philip Chian Long Beach State | Lee Bedford Wake Forest |
| 16 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:20 | 10 | Derek Chang Augusta State | Joseph Winslow Iowa | Pierre Carlsson Texas-Arlington |
| 17 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:30 | 10 | Alex Wennstam Augusta State | Steven Ihm Iowa | Jamey Taylor Texas-Arlington |
| 18 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:40 | 10 | Robin Petersson Augusta State | Ian Vandersee Iowa | Hunter Brown Texas-Arlington |
| 19 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 8:50 | 10 | Brendan Gillins Augusta State | Barrett Kelpin Iowa | Cameron Hollek Texas-Arlington |
| 20 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:00 | 10 | Taylor Floyd Augusta State | Chris Brant Iowa | Paul McConnell Texas-Arlington |
| 21 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:10 | 10 | Patrick McCormick Loyola Univ-Maryland | Kamito Hirai Winthrop | Clay Myers Jackson State |
| 22 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:20 | 10 | Jay Mulieri Loyola Univ-Maryland | Jacobo Pastor Charleston Southern | James Beale Mercer |
| 23 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:30 | 10 | Bart George Loyola Univ-Maryland | Sebastian Soderberg Coastal Carolina | David Denlinger Charleston Southern |
| 24 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:40 | 10 | Brendan Lemp Loyola Univ-Maryland | Joe David Mississippi | Brandon Pena Florida Gulf Coast |
| 25 | Par-71, 7,253 Yards | 9:50 | 10 | Ryan McCarthy Loyola Univ-Maryland | Trey Valentine South Florida | Chad Ramey Mississippi State |
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