Alabama
Puerto Rico Classic
Alabama Cards Lowest Round of the Year on Day Two of Puerto Rico Classic
2/17/2020 4:04:00 PM | Men's Golf
All five Crimson Tide starters shoot at or below par to help the team maintain third place overall after 36 holes of play
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – All five Alabama golfers finished Monday's second round even or under par on the way to a season-best 18-hole team score of 12-under par 276 on day two of the Puerto Rico Classic. UA will enter Tuesday's final round in third place overall with a 36-hole total of 15-under 561 (285-276).
Both the 18-hole score on Monday and 36-hole total are season-best marks for the Crimson Tide, which is playing in its fourth stroke play event of the 2019-20 campaign and first this spring.
Individual Play
- Leading the way for Alabama is junior Wilson Furr who carded a 4-under-par 68 on Saturday to move into a fifth-place tie overall with a two-day total of 6-under 138 (70-68)
- Freshman Thomas Ponder is not far behind, carding a round of 3-under-par 69 after a 2-under 70 on Sunday to end the day in a tie for ninth overall at 5-under 139
- Sophomore Frankie Capan III is the third Alabama golfer to rank among the top-20 individuals after 36 holes, as he is in a tie at 16th position with a 3-under 141 (74-67) after firing the team's low round of Monday with a 5-under 67
- Freshman Canon Claycomb and senior Jake DeZoort each shot even par 72 on the day to round out Alabama's scores. Claycomb will come into the final round in a tie for 32nd with a 1-under 143 (71-72), while DeZoort rounds out the Tide in 67th overall at 154 (82-72).
Team Play
- Entering the final round of play, the Tide is nine strokes back of clubhouse leader and No. 2-ranked Oklahoma (552), while No. 3 Georgia Tech (550) is in second overall, seven strokes ahead of UA
- Alabama holds a one-stroke lead over No. 23 Clemson (562) for third overall
- A pair SEC teams, No. 18 Georgia (565) and No. 34 Ole Miss (570) round out the top five teams, respectively, in the 15-team field
Second Round Highlights
- Furr, who earned his team-best 14th round in the 60s, got red hot on the back nine when he shot 5-under par including five birdies over a seven-hole span. In all, he opened the day at two over through the first seven but birdied seven of the next nine holes to result in the 5-under par round
- Claycomb began the second round on fire by recording birdies in six of his first 10 holes of the day before three bogeys and a triple bogey resulted in his even par total
- Ponder earned five birdies over a six-hole span to help him record his second round in the 60s this season
- Capan tied Claycomb for the team lead in birdies on Monday with seven on his way to the lowest round he has this season
- In all, Alabama golfers made 27 birdies on the day compared to 12 holes of bogey or worse
Alabama will tee off Tuesday's third round with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. ET (7 a.m. CT). Live scoring can be found at Golfstat.com.
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