KOHALA COAST, Hawai'i – The University of Hawai'i men's golf team dropped one spot after the second round of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate, Friday at Mauna Lani Resort's North Course.
The Rainbow Warriors carded a 298 and sits in 19
th place at 583 heading into Saturday's final round of competition.
Fifth-ranked Auburn continues to hold the lead in the team standings at 47-under 529, three strokes ahead of No. 35 Stanford (532) followed closely by No. 6 Texas (533) and No. 7 Arizona State (534).
Auburn's Jackson Koivun shot his second straight 10-under 62 holds the lead in the player leaderboard is 20-under 124, two strokes ahead of ASU's Michael Mjaaseth (126). Texas' Luke Potter is four strokes back at 16-under 128.
UH's
James Whitworth carded 3-over 75 and is even par 144 for the tournament and tied for 76
th place.
Dane Watanabe and
Nathan Szpakowicz each shot 2-over 74. Watanabe is tied for 90
th at 2-over 146 while Szpakowicz is tied for 94
th at 3-over 147.
Also competing for the Rainbow Warriors are
Alec Hilgers (77=148, t-101
st) and
Chris Salem (75=152, t-112
th) while
Cameron Combado (78=156, t-119
th) and
Quinn Murray (75=162, 121
st) are competing as individuals.
Saturday's final round begins with a 7:30 a.m., shotgun start.
19. Hawai'i – 298=583 (+7)
T-76.
James Whitworth – 75=144 (E)
T-90.
Dane Watanabe – 74=146 (+2)
T-94.
Nathan Szpakowicz – 74=147 (+3)
T-102.
Alec Hilgers – 77=148 (+4)
T-112.
Chris Salem – 75=152 (+8)
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