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Andy Zhang shot is tied for first after shooting a 67 (-4) in the second round.

Zhang, Horsfield Tied for First at Mason Rudolph

Saturday, April 1, 2017 | Men's Golf

By: Turner F. Street

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Florida's men's golf team improved on its first-round score Saturday, shooting a nine-under 275 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship. That score put the Gators in second place at 551 (-17).

All five of the players in the lineup shot even-par or better in the second round and for the second day in a row four members of the Orange and Blue carded four or more birdies.

Sophomore Sam Horsfield and freshman Andy Zhang followed up their 69s (-2) in the first round with 67s (-4) in the second round. Both Gators carded six birdies on day two and head into round three tied for first place with Alabama's Josh Sedeno at 136 (-6).

After shooting a 272 (-12) in the second round, Alabama leads the team leaderboard at 550 (-18).

The Gators are back in action tomorrow at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tennessee, for round three at 9:40 a.m.

Head Coach J.C. Deacon
On his team's performance in the second round:
"We had an outstanding finish that's given us the chance to be right in the hunt for the trophy tomorrow. I'm really proud of the way the guys hung in there and gave a really consistent effort. We had two really good rounds from Andy Zhang and Sam Horsfield today and the rest of the guys contributed, too, so it was a really fun day."

On the play of Andy Zhang and Sam Horsfield:
"They had very different rounds. Sam was just good from the start, birdied the first hole and never looked back. Andy was a little more up and down all day, but two birdies to close 17 and 18 were huge for the team and that's what he's capable of doing. It was nice to see him finish off a good round."

On what the team needs to do in round three to win the tournament:
"Our finish today sets up an awesome day with Vanderbilt and Alabama tomorrow. They are two classy programs who do it the right way and it's going to take our best effort to win tomorrow. Being in this situation helps us so much going forward and we've been there a bunch of times this year, so I'm expecting us to come out, play our best and hopefully that's good enough to win."

Rd. 2 Florida Scores
Team:

Place	Team	Score	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Alabama	-18	278	272	550
2	FLORIDA	-17	276	275	551
3	Vanderbilt	-14	277	277	554
T4	Duke	-8	280	280	560
T4	Missouri	-8	283	277	560
6	MTSU	-5	282	281	563
7	Iowa	-2	282	284	566
8	Liberty	+4	286	286	572
9	Troy	+9	288	289	577
10	ETSU	+16	297	287	584
11	Southern Illinois	+18	291	295	586
12	Miami (OH)	+23	295	296	591
13	Belmont	+30	299	299	598
14	Ball State	+36	303	301	604

Players:

Place	Player	Score	Round 1	Round 2	Total
T1.	Sam Horsfield	-6	69	67	136
T1.	Andy Zhang	-6	69	67	136
T12.	Gordon Neale	-3	69	70	139
T18.	Alejandro Tosti	-2	69	71	140
T32.	Ryan Celano*	+1	72	71	143
T37.	Ryan Orr	+2	73	71	144

* = Playing as an individual

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