No. 1 Men's Golf T10th After Day 2 At NCAAs

Wednesday, June 2

Hot Springs, VA

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

NCAA Championships

No. 1 Men's Golf T10th After Day 2 At NCAAs

Thursday, June 3, 2004 | Men's Golf

Freshman Jessie Mudd (Louisville, Ky.) continues to lead No. 1 Florida as the Gators suffered through swirling winds for the second consecutive round and are tied for 10^th after the second day at the 2004 NCAA Men's Golf Championships on Wednesday at The Homestead Resort's Cascades Golf Course.

The Gators shot a second-round score of 289 (+9), which was the 12^th-best round of the day, but Florida is just six strokes off the lead as the top 27 teams are separated by only 19 shots. California maintained its lead at the par 70, 6,679-yard course by also carding a nine-over 289 to sit at 568 (+8) with Kentucky at 569 (+9) and BYU at 570 (+10) rounding out the top three.

"We're not in a bad spot and it's certainly not a dire situation, but I'm pretty disappointed with the way we've played so far," Florida coach Buddy Alexander said. "We're sort of playing at everyone else's level and we certainly haven't raised ours. We'll see if we can figure a few things out in the next 24 hours.

"The wind has made it pretty tough," Alexander said. "I think what happens here is the wind makes the hazards and the trees a little closer. It's not a difficult golf course because it's not a long course, but when the wind blows, some of those things that are usually just out of harm's way are all of a sudden right in the middle of things. I think that's why the scoring has been so high."

Mudd is tied for 23^rd after a second-round score of 73 (+3) left him at 142 (+2). Mudd hit two birdies and eagled the par-4 No. 6 en route to a 34 (-1) on the front nine, but couldn't match the score on the back nine as the Gators again struggled with the five players shooting a collective 185 (+10) on the back nine after a 178 (+3) on the front nine.

Senior Camilo Villegas (Medellin, Colombia) shot even par on the front nine and is tied for 43^rd after matching his first-round score of 72 to stand at 144 (+4).

Sophomore Brett Stegmaier (Madison, Conn.) was one-under on the front nine before finishing at 74 (+4) for the day. He's in a tie for 50^th at 145 (+5).

Sophomore Matt Every (Daytona Beach, Fla.) fared the best of any Gator in the second round with a one-over 71, which included four birdies and a 33 (-2) on the back nine. Every sits in a tie for 59^th at 146 (+6) after two days with fellow sophomore James Vargas (Miami, Fla.), who matched his first-round score with a 73 (+3)

Florida will tee off beginning at 8:03 a.m. for the third round on Thursday. After the conclusion of the third round, the field of 30 will be cut to the top 15 teams and the top six individuals not on those teams. Live scoring of the event can be found at www.golfstat.com

TEAM STANDINGS

Place	Team	1^st Round	2^nd Round	Total	Over/Under Par
1.	California	279	289	568	+8
2.	Kentucky	283	286	569	+9
3.	BYU	280	290	570	+10
T4.	Washington	289	282	571	+11
T4.	Pepperdine	295	276	571	+11
T6.	Georgia State	292	280	572	+12
T6.	UCLA	289	283	572	+12
T8.	Arizona	292	281	573	+13
T8.	TCU	281	292	573	+13
T10.	Florida	285	289	574	+14
T10.	Georgia Tech	289	285	574	+14
T10.	Texas	288	286	574	+14
13.	Clemson	285	290	575	+15
14.	Purdue	292	285	577	+17
15.	Penn State	289	290	580	+20
T16.	Auburn	283	298	581	+21
T16.	Oklahoma	286	295	581	+21
T16.	Oklahoma State	292	289	581	+21
T19.	Kent State	294	288	582	+21
T19.	New Mexico	291	291	582	+22
T19.	USC	284	298	582	+22
22.	Texas A&M	291	292	583	+23
T23.	SMU	297	288	585	+25
T23.	North Carolina	294	291	585	+25
25.	Toledo	294	292	586	+26
26.	Georgia	285	302	587	+27
27.	Arizona State	292	304	596	+36
28.	Vanderbilt	294	303	597	+37
29.	Wichita State	298	304	602	+47
30.	Rhode Island	299	311	610	+50

FLORIDA RESULTS

Place	Player	1^st Round	2^nd Round	Total	Over/Under Par
T23.	Jessie Mudd	69	73	142	+2
T43.	Camilo Villegas	72	72	144	+4
T50.	Brett Stegmaier	71	74	145	+5
T59.	James Vargas	73	73	146	+6
T59.	Matt Every	75	71	146	+6