ETSU sits 25^th after round two at NCAA Championship

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (May 29, 2021) – Round two of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship is complete and the Bucs have climbed three spots up the leaderboard after an 11-over-par (291) second round at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. ETSU jumped into 25^th, sitting 11 strokes behind 15^th place. The field will be cut down to the top 15 teams following tomorrow’s round.

Senior veteran Jack Rhea (Jonesborough, Tenn.) led the Bucs in the second round with a score of even-par (70) to climb 42 spots into a tie for 45^th. Rhea shook off an early bogey with a birdie on the third hole. After five consecutive pars, the Tennessee product carded another birdie on the ninth hole to make the turn at 1-under-par (34). Rhea finished 1-over-par (36) on the back nine with two bogeys and one birdie to his credit.

Shiso Go (Kanagaway, Japan) put together the second-best score for the Blue & Gold. The Japan native double bogeyed the opening hole but rebounded with a birdie on the second. However, two bogeys in a span of three holes saw the senior golfer fall to 3-over-par at the turn. Go rallied early on the back nine with consecutive birdies to climb to 1-over-par for his round. However, a bogey on the final hole dropped the Japan product back to 2-over-par for the second round.

Archie Davies (Carlisle, England) and Remi Chartier (Montreal, Canada) posted the final two countable scores for the Bucs. Davies finished the second-round with a score of 4-over-par (74) with one birdie on the scorecard. Meanwhile, Chartier finished his second round with a score of 5-over-par (75). Much like Davies, the Canada product posted one birdie in his second round.

Oklahoma State jumped three spots into solo first after a score of 6-under-par (274) in the second round. The Cowboys (-6) lead top-ranked Oklahoma (-1) and 10^th-ranked Arizona State (+2) in the team leaderboard.

Bo Jin (-8) of Oklahoma State took over the top spot on the individual leaderboard after carding a 5-under-par (65). Arizona State’s Ryggs Johnston jumped 53 spots into a two-way tie for second with Clemson’s Turk Pettit as both golfers are 5-under-par for the tournament.

The Bucs hope to make a push up the leaderboard tomorrow in the third round of the NCAA Championship. ETSU will not tee off until 3:37 p.m. (ET) as Davies will tee off first on hole No. 10. Rhea will be the final Buccaneer to tee off at 4:21 p.m. (ET). ETSU will be playing alongside UAB and San Diego.

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