Gators Drop Two Spots After Second Round of Carpet Capital

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Freshman Aden Ye and assistant coach Mark Leon on the first tee

Gators Drop Two Spots After Second Round of Carpet Capital

Saturday, September 8, 2018 | Men's Golf

By: Lucy Berres

ROCKY FACE, Ga. – The Florida Gators men's golf team sits 13th after day two of the Carpet Capital Collegiate despite a five-stroke improvement from round one.

Freshman Aden Ye maintains his top spot among the Gators, improving from his 2-over 74 with a 1-over 73 today and being T35. Despite two birdies on his first nine holes, a bogey on his second nine took him over.

Sophomore Chris Nido also improved on day two, finishing on par at 72 and T41 thanks to three birdies on his last nine. Senior Gordon Neale improved from 4-over to 2-over 74 to finish the second round T54. Sophomore Manny Girona and freshman Eugene Hong each tallied a 5-over 77 and are T66 and hold 73 respectively.

Competing individually, senior Ryan Celano sits 78th after shooting an 84 in his second round.

Scores through Round Two
Team
T1           Georgia Tech                     556 (-20)
T1           Tennessee                          556 (-20)
3              Alabama                              558 (-18)
4              Auburn                                 577 (+1)
T5           South Carolina                   578 (+2)
T5           Virginia                                 578 (+2)
7              Clemson                              584 (+8)
8              California                             585 (+9)
9              North Florida                      586 (+10)
T10         LSU                                        588 (+12)
T10         Kennesaw State                 588 (+12)
12           Chattanooga                      589 (+13)
13           Florida                                 597 (+21)
T14         Colorado State                  600 (+24)
T14         Dalton State                       600 (+24)

Florida Players
Aden Ye               T35         73 (+1)
Chris Nido           T41         72 (E)
Gordon Neale    T54         74 (+2)
Manny Girona   T66         77 (+5)
Eugene Hong     73           77 (+5)

Also competing
Ryan Celano       78           84 (+12)

Follow the Action
Play will continue on Sunday, September 9th at 8:00 a.m. (ET). Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com. A complete recap with full results will be posted on FloridaGators.com following each day's play.