University of Texas Arlington
36 Holes
MG: Gore looking for gold in Arkansas
4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Junior Tanner Gore carded rounds of 71-67 and sits just one shot off the individual lead after the first day of competition at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate at RidgePointe Country Club.
The El Paso, Texas native finished the tournament's first two rounds at 6-under par and is in sole possession of third place in the 74-golfer field. He sits two strokes behind Southern Illinois sophomore Peyton Wilhoit, a Searcy native, and Arkansas State sophomore Matthew Cole from Fayetteville.
Tournament host Arkansas State, on the strength of having five golfers among the top seven individuals, leads the 14-team field by 16 strokes. The Red Wolves ended the day at 27-under par. A-State's "B" team is in second place at 11-under, while UT Martin is the only other team with a score under par at 1-under.
UTA finished the first day of competition with rounds of 296-288 for an 8-over par 584, one stroke behind sixth place Southern Illinois. Austin Peay is in fifth plae at 3-over, while Oral Roberts is in fourth at even par.
The teams return to 6,676-yard, par 72 RidgePoint Country Club tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. (CST) for the tournament's final round.
Gore played the first 36 holes with 10 birdies, 22 pars and just four bogeys. He has the second-highest birdie total among the field.
Graduate transfer Nick Thornton (Boerne, Texas) is tied for 31st with scores of 75-72 and ended the day with a 3-over par 147. He is one stroke ahead of freshman teammate Paul Gonzalez. The Waxahachie, Texas native shot 74-74 and enters tomorrow's final round at 4-over par.
Senior Aaron Guanlao (Haslet, Texas) is tied for 51st place at 8-over, while classmate Jake Greenspoon (Houston, Texas) is tied for 65th at 13-over despite registering the second-highest number of pars in the field with 27.
UTA concludes its regular season on April 14-15 at the Boilermaker Invitational at Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind. The team concludes its season at the annual Sun Belt Conference Championships, which is scheduled for April 22-24 at Raven Golf Course in Miramar Beach, Fla.
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