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WGolf: Savannah De Bock’s one under paces UGA at the San Diego State Classic
Led by back-to-back under-1 71s from Savannah De Bock, the Georgia women’s golf team shot a combined 18-over 594 in Monday’s first and second rounds of the San Diego State Classic. The Bulldogs enter Tuesday’s final round at The Farm Golf Club in fourth place on the leaderboard, 11 shots back of No. 25 Virginia.
In addition to De Bock’s first 71 in the morning, Georgia also counted an even-par 72 from LoraLie Cowart, a 76 from Caterina Don and a 77, the score posted by both Napat “Jenny” Lertsadwattana and Natachanok “Drive” Tunwannarux.
In the second round, the Bulldogs’ counters were De Bock’s 71, a 74 from Don, a 75 from Tunwannarux and a 78 from Lertsadwattana.
De Bock started the day at No. 5 with the shotgun start and was 3-over through 12 holes after recording bogeys at No. 5, No. 7 and No. 16. The freshman birdied No. 18 to regain one of those strokes and then completed her loop with a trio of birdies at Nos. 2-4 to move into red numbers.
De Bock’s second round featured 15 pars, along with birdies at No. 14 and No. 15 and a lone bogey at No. 18.
No. 6 South Carolina is second in the team race, one shot behind the Cavaliers. No. 7 Oregon is third at 590, the Bulldogs are at 594 and Denver is at 598 followed by an eight-shot gap to tournament host San Diego State in sixth.
Oregon’s Kiara Romero leads the individual field at 5-under 139, a stroke better than the trio of Riana Mission from San Francisco, Louise Rydqvist of South Carolina and Amanda Sambach of Virginia. De Bock is alone in sixth place, just three shots back of Romero. In addition for Georgia, Don is tied for 15th at 150, Cowart and Tunwannarux both in 24th at 152 and Lertsadwattana is tied for 36th at 155.
Georgia will be play with Denver and San Diego State on Tuesday, with live scoring available via www.birdiefire.com.
San Diego State Classic
The Farms Golf Club
Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.
Par 72; 6329 Yards
Monday’s Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Virginia 295-288=583
South Carolina 290-294=584
Oregon 300-290=590
Georgia 296-298=594
Denver 297-301=598
San Diego St. 308-298=606
UNLV 299-309=608
San Francisco 307-305=612
New Mexico 305-308=613
Colorado 308-306=614
Cal Baptist 323-311=634
Tulane 315-323=638
Individual Leaderboard
Kiara Romero, Oregon 69-70=139
Riana Mission, San Francisco 70-70=140
Louise Rydqvist, S. Carolina 71-69=140
Amanda Sambach, Virginia 70-70=140
Myah McDonald, New Mexico 69-72=141
Savannah De Bock, Georgia 71-71=142
Katarina Drocarova, Denver 72-72=144
Toa Yokoyama, UNLV 71-74=145
Megan Propeck, Virginia 74-71=145
Mia Lussare, S. Carolina 76-70=145
Additional Georgia Scores
T15. Caterina Don 76-74=150
T24. LoraLie Cowart 72-80=152
T24. Drive Tunwannarux 77-75=152
T36. Napat Lertsadwattana 77-78=155
MGolf: Connor Creasy’s 65 propels UGA to the lead in the Puerto Rico Classic
The Bulldogs lead the field with a 36-hole total of 33-under, 563. No. 30 North Florida is in second place and trails by two strokes while No. 6 Tennessee sits in third at 30-under, 546. Collectively, Georgia shot 20-under, 268 on day two, which ties the tournament record it set in 2022 for the second-lowest 18-hole score and is the best round of the field this year by three strokes.
All five Bulldogs competing for the team sit in the top 20 of the individual leaderboards, with everyone shooting in the 60s during the second round.
“We had an idea that they were playing pretty solid, but their body language let us know that things were going well,” head coach Chris Haack said. “Our mindset coming into today was fairly similar. The team just made a few more putts today. Yesterday, I thought they hit it well, but we just didn’t make a few of the five and six-footers that they did today. Today, they had a little bit more opportunity, took advantage, and made a few more putts here and there. Having all five guys in the hunt, playing well, under par – it’s always a good thing. All in all, I think everyone on this team would still probably tell you they left a couple of shots out there. We have one more day to play. We need to stay focused and prepared to try and come out strong tomorrow.”
Creasy began the day with his seventh collegiate eagle on a 535-yard par five on hole five. The Abingdon, Va. native earned birdies on six holes on Monday, rocketing him up the individual leaderboards 31 spots into the top five with a nine-under, 135 total. Round two marked the third time in Creasy’s career shooting 65 or better in a round. He sits tied for fourth along with teammate Ben van Wyk, who carded a second-straight round in the 60s, now doing so in six of his previous eight collegiate rounds. The graduate student ended the day with a four-under 68.
Senior Caleb Manuel had the second-best day on the team, finishing the round with a five-under 67, placing him tied for 15th at seven-under 137. Manuel has earned 12 birdies through two days, tied for the fifth-most of anyone in the field. Beck Burnette also stands at seven-under and tied for 15th place through 36 holes. After carding a 68 on the day, Burnette has now recorded back-to-back rounds in the 60s for the first time while at Georgia. Buck Brumlow rounded out the day for the Bulldogs, shooting a 69 and stands tied for 20th with a six-under, 138 total.
Camden Smith is competing as an individual and tied his best collegiate round during round two with a 68. The freshman now stands tied for 31st on the leaderboards at five-under, 139, with just one bogey on Monday.
The Bulldogs will conclude Puerto Rico Classic on Tuesday, Feb. 13 with a shotgun start slated for 7:30 a.m. ET. Georgia will look for its first tournament win this season, most recently taking a team title at the NCAA Bath Regional in May 2023.
Puerto Rico Classic
Grand Reserve Golf Club
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Par 72, 7,506 Yards
Day Two Results
Team Leaderboard
1. No. 43 Georgia 275-268=543 (-33)
2. No. 30 North Florida 271-274=545 (-31)
3. No. 6 Tennessee 272-274=546 (-30)
4. No. 29 Purdue 280-273=553 (-23)
5. Minnesota 281-274=555 (-21)
t-6. No. 15 Oklahoma 276-281=557 (-19)
t-6. No. 13 Virginia 282-275=557 (-19)
8. Iowa 274-284=558 (-18)
9. No. 4 Ole Miss 285-274=559 (-17)
10. No. 9 ETSU 279-283=562 (-14)
11. No. 25 Ohio St. 280-283=563 (-13)
12. Wisconsin 281-283=564 (-12)
13. South Carolina 286-284=570 (-6)
14. Charleston 284-288=572 (-4)
15. Marquette 287-289=576 (E)
Georgia Scores
t-4. Ben van Wyk 67-68=135 (-9)
t-4. Connor Creasy 70-65=135 (-9)
t-15. Beck Burnette 69-68=137 (-7)
t-15. Caleb Manuel 70-67=137 (-7)
t-20. Buck Brumlow 69-69=138 (-6)
t-31. Camden Smith* 71-68=139 (-5)
*Competing as individual
Individual Leaderboard
1. Nels Surtani, Purdue 67-65=132 (-12)
2. Noah Kent, Iowa 63-70=133 (-11)
3. Ben Warian, Minnesota 66-68=134 (-10)
t-4. Ben van Wyk, Georgia 67-68=135 (-9)
t-4. Connor Creasy, Georgia 70-65=135 (-9)
t-4. Stephen Campbell Jr., Oklahoma69-66=135 (-9)
t-4. Jaxon Dowell, Oklahoma 69-66=135 (-9)
t-4. Evan Woosley-Reed, Tennessee 68-67=135 (-9)
t-4. Robbie Higgins, North Florida 67-68=135 (-9)
t-10. Laurent Desmarchais, Tennessee67-69=136 (-8)
t-10. Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida 66-70=136 (-8)
t-10. Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss 70-66=136 (-8)
t-10. Ben James, Virginia 69=67=136 (-8)
t-10. Andrew Riley, North Florida 69-67=136 (-8)
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