Tigers shoot 9-under in day two of Hootie Intercollegiate

AWENDAW, South Carolina – Closing Monday's action with the fifth-lowest team round of the year, Auburn men's golf used a four-stroke improvement from yesterday's outing to finish round two at the Hootie Intercollegiate nine strokes below par.
 
"I'm pleased with our performance today," Tigers head coach Nick Clinard said. "We made some key adjustments from the first round, and they paid off. We're going to have to keep adjusting and playing smart golf if we want to climb the leaderboard tomorrow."
 
With a 14-under, 562 through 36 holes of play, the Tigers stand tied for sixth on the team leaderboard.
 
Individual golfer Carson Bacha continued his strong outing from the previous round. Shooting a 4-under, 68, the sophomore set a new single round career low by two strokes as well as a two-round career low by six strokes. Heading into the final round, Bacha is tied for ninth amongst all competitors.
 
Junior Alex Vogelsong also turned in a 68 in round two to post the leading score in the Tiger lineup through 36 holes, 5-under, 139. Just a stroke behind Vogelsong is sophomore J.M. Butler. Butler wrapped round two with a 3-under, 69 to tally a 4-under, 140 overall.
 
Showing the most improvement between the rounds was junior Austin Coggin. The Birmingham, Alabama native chipped four strokes off his opening day total to sit at 2-under, 142 heading into Tuesday.
 
At the bottom of the Auburn lineup were freshmen Brendan Valdes and Evan Vo who both shot 1-over on the day.
 
Prior to Tuesday's finale, South Carolina leads the team field at 30-under. The Gamecocks' Ryan Hall leads all individuals at 10-under.

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Auburn will be paired with Purdue and Kentucky for the third and final round. Valdes will tee off on hole one at 7 a.m. CT to lead off for the Tigers.