Oct. 22, 2016
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Auburn junior Will Long is in a five-way tie for ninth after the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate second round carding a 2-over 74 at the par 72, 7,039-yard Creekside Course at the Golf Club of Georgia on Saturday. No. 3 Auburn is t-10th with Georgia Tech at 7-over 293-290-583, as 10 of the 17 teams are ranked in the top-25.
Long, a Gastonia, N.C., native, and No. 9 ranked individual in the country, is 2-under 68-74-142. He had birdies on Nos. 1 and 12 as part of his second round.
All-America junior Ben Schlottman climbed 26 spots on the day carding a 2-under 70 to t-17th at 1-over 75-70-145. The Advance, N.C., native birdied Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 on the front nine and 11 and 15 on the back.
Senior Ryan Benton fired an even-par 72 with an eagle on the par 5 fifth and birdies on Nos. 10 and 12 to climb six spots and tie for 37th at 3-over 75-72-147.
All-SEC senior Matt Gilchrest and freshman Jovan Rebula are t-50th at 5-over 149.
No. 8 Oklahoma holds the lead at 2-under 283-291-574 followed by No. 21 Texas A&M (291-285-576), No. 7 Virginia (289-287-576), No. 19 Southern California (299-279-578), Duke (285-293-578), No. 9 Wake Forest (299-279-578), No. 13 Stanford (293-286-579), Texas (291-288-579), No. 2 Oklahoma State (293-287-580), No. 3 Auburn and Georgia Tech.
No. 6 LSU is 12th at 296-295-591 followed by No. 16 Clemson (292-301-593), UCLA (295-301-596), East Tennessee State (300-305-605), TCU (300-305-605) and Villanova (316-307-623).
Jimmy Stranger of Virginia holds the individual lead at 9-under 67-68-135. The Tigers tee off No.1 of the Creekside Course at 9:05 am CT with Southern California and Texas. Live scoring can be found at http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=10778.