Gators Tied for Lead at Schenkel E-Z-Go Invite

Saturday, March 21

Statesboro, GA

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

Chris Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational

Gators Tied for Lead at Schenkel E-Z-Go Invite

Saturday, March 21, 2009 | Men's Golf

Junior Tim McKenney (Scottsdale, Ariz.) is tied for first after a second-round 68 (-4) on Saturday at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational in Statesboro, Ga. McKenney is four-under par for the tournament and helped Florida to a share of the team lead at three-over par 579 heading into Sunday's final round.

“I was not all that excited about the way we played today,” said head coach Buddy Alexander. “I know it sounds kind of crazy but it just seems like we wasted a lot of shots out there. I'm not saying we played poorly. I thought we would pick up maybe a few more shots than we did.”

McKenney scattered seven birdies throughout his round on Saturday to help the Gators shoot one-under par 287 as a team. Senior Will Strickler (Charlottesville, Va.) bounced back after his worst round of the season to shoot one-under par 71, ten shots better than his first round score.

Senior Billy Horschel (Grant, Fla.) fired a one-over par 73 and is tied for 20th with a 36-hole total of 145 (+1). Junior Tyson Alexander (Gainesville, Fla.) rounded out the team's scoring on Saturday with a three-over par 75.

Alexander is tied for 40th at 148 (+4) for the tournament. Freshman Mu Hu (Shen Zhen, China) shot a five-over par 77 on Saturday. Hu and Strickler are tied for 70th at eight-over par 152.

Florida shares the overall lead with South Carolina, who shot even-par 288 on Saturday. McKenney is part of a three-way tie for the individual lead at four-under par heading into the final round.

“We're in a good spot,” said Coach Alexander. “We have a chance to win the golf tournament tomorrow. We need to be more conservative with our shot saving and our putting.”

The Gators are scheduled to tee off beginning at 9:39 on Sunday. Live scoring is available online at www.golfstat.com.

Team Results

	School	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To par
T1	FLORIDA	292	287	579	+3
T1	South Carolina	291	288	579	+3
3	Tennessee	287	293	580	+4
4	N.C. State	295	287	582	+6
T5	Kentucky	297	287	584	+8
T5	Georgia Southern	291	293	584	+8
7	North Carolina	302	284	586	+10
8	North Florida	290	297	587	+11
T9	LSU	296	292	588	+12
T9	Ole Miss	295	293	588	+12
T11	Oklahoma	293	297	590	+14
T11	Vanderbilt	296	294	590	+14
T11	Virginia	296	294	590	+14
14	Augusta State	298	293	591	+15
15	Georgia State	295	297	592	+16
16	Auburn	294	301	595	+19
17	Iowa	302	294	596	+20
18	Notre Dame	311	298	609	+33

Individual Top-10

	Player	School	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
T1	Taylor Floyd (ind.)	Augusta State	69	71	140	-4
T1	Matt Hill	N.C. State	71	69	140	-4
T1	Tim McKenney	Florida	72	68	140	-4
4	Sang Yi	LSU	69	72	141	-3
T5	Darren Blair	N.C. State	70	72	142	-2
T5	Logan Blondell	Georgia	71	71	142	-2
T5	Andy Winings	Kentucky	71	71	142	-2
T8	James Kania	Kentucky	74	69	143	-1
T8	Henrik Norlander	Augusta State	71	72	143	-1
T8	Glenn Northcutt	Auburn	69	74	143	-1