KILLEN, Ala. — After two rounds of the Southeastern Conference Men’s Golf Championship held at the Turtle Point Yacht and Country Club, LSU remained in fourth place at 20-over par 596 after Saturday’s action in Killen, Ala.
The Georgia men’s golf team shot a 10-under-par 278 Saturday to extend its lead by nine strokes, 564-573, over second-place Auburn.
The participating teams will play the final 18-hole round on Sunday. The first groups will tee-off at 8 a.m. CDT.
Following second-place Auburn is Mississippi State in third place at 584, shooting 287 on Saturday, and LSU in fourth place at 596, shooting 295 on Saturday. Ole Miss is fifth at 597, shooting 293 on Saturday and Alabama is sixth at 598, shooting 293 on Saturday.
After holding a tie for the individual lead after one round, LSU’s John Humphries ballooned to 77 on day two, yet still leads the Tigers at 3-over 147 and in a tie for 12th place overall. Alan Morgan is one shot back at 4-over 148 (15th place) and Jason Humphries is in 17th at 5-over 149.
Jeremy Wilkinson is tied for 33rd at 8-over 152 while Craig Taylor is in 52nd at 157.
Individually, Mississippi State’s Alex Rocha leads the field with a six-under-par 138, shooting a 68 on Saturday. Rocha has a two-shot lead over Auburn’s Roland Thatcher and Georgia’s Erik Compton, with scores of 140. Thatcher shot a 68 on Saturday while Compton tallied a 69.
Rocha’s two-day total of 138 is tied for the sixth best after 36 holes in the history of the SEC Championship.
Jason Dufner of Auburn and Michael Morrison of Georgia are tied for fourth place after the second round with 141 totals. Dufner shot a 69 on Saturday while Morrison scored a 71 in the second round.
Georgia extended its team lead by having all five of its golfers shoot par-or-better for the second straight day. Following Compton’s 68 and Morrison’s 71 Saturday were scores of 70 by Bryant Odom, who is in sixth place after the second day at 142, Nick Cassini’s 72 and Bubba Watson’s 69. In the SEC Championship, only the top four of the five scores count towards the team total.
| TEAM SCORES |
1. Georgia 286-278 = 564
2. Auburn 290-283 = 573 3. Mississippi State 297-287 = 584 4. LSU 301-295 = 596 5. Ole Miss 304-293 = 597 6. Alabama 305-293 = 598 7. South Carolina 308-292 = 600 8. Florida 307-295 = 602 9. Arkansas 306-299 = 605 Tennessee 301-304 = 605 11. Vanderbilt 306-305 = 611 12. Kentucky 316-302 = 618 INDIVIDUAL SCORES 1. Alex Rocha, Mississippi State 70-68 = 138 2. Roland Thatcher, Auburn 71-69 = 140 Erik Compton, Georgia 72-68 = 140 4. Jason Dufner, Auburn 72-69 = 141 Michael Morrison, Georgia 70-71 = 141 6. Bryant Odom, Georgia 72-70 = 142 7. Nick Cassini, Georgia 72-72 = 144 Jon Bartlett, Ole Miss 73-71 = 144 9. Brandt Snedeker, Vanderbilt 70-75 = 145 10. Camilo Benedetti, Florida 74-72 = 146 Jon Rusk, Auburn 72-74 = 146 12. Ben Smith, Mississippi State 75-72 = 147 John Humphries, LSU 70-77 = 147 Andrew Pratt, Tennessee 74-73 = 147 15. Alan Morgan, LSU 77-71 = 148 Scott Weatherly, Auburn 75-73 = 148 17. Jason Humphries, LSU 78-71 = 149 Phil Caravia, Ole Miss 78-71 = 149 Kevin Haefner, Auburn 77-72 = 149 Austin Hynson, Alabama 73-76 = 149 21. Craig Lile, Arkansas 77-73 = 150 Jan Are Larsen, Alabama 77-73 = 150 Ryan Blagg, Arkansas 75-75 = 150 Nicholas Balanis, Alabama 78-72 = 150 Michael Maness, South Carolina 74-76 = 150 Michael Trailov, Mississippi State 77-73 = 150 27. Freeman Fite, Alabama 79-72 = 151 Kyle Thompson, South Carolina 78-73 = 151 Derrick Centers, Tennessee 75-76 = 151 Nick Gilliam, Florida 79-72 = 151 John Bloomfield, South Carolina 76-75 = 151 Bubba Watson, Georgia 82-69 = 151 33. Bubba Dickerson, Florida 77-75 = 152 Jeremy Wilkinson, LSU 76-76 = 152 Beau Galyean, Arkansas 76-76 = 152 John-Gordon Beckett, Kentucky 73-79 = 152 37. Ned Michaels, Vanderbilt 78-75 = 153 Troy Muller, Ole Miss 81-72 = 153 Eric Ecker, South Carolina 80-73 = 153 Andrew Black, Tennessee 76-77 = 153 Wesley Pate, Alabama 77-76 = 153 Ben Banks, Florida 77-76 = 153 43. Codie Mudd, Mississippi State 75-79 = 154 John Mueller, Mississippi State 80-74 = 154 45. Wes Furnish, Kentucky 83-72 = 155 Chris Malloy, Ole Miss 76-69 = 155 Jay Houk, Arkansas 80-75 = 155 Taylor Walsh, Florida 79-76 = 155 Scott Feaster, South Carolina 84-71 = 155 Ed McSpadden, Arkansas 78-77 = 155 Ryan Grant, Vanderbilt 77-78 = 155 52. Andy Dustman, Kentucky 81-76 = 157 Craig Taylor, LSU 78-79 = 157 54. Ron Layman, Kentucky 79-79 = 158 Ian Parnaby, Tennessee 76-82 = 158 John Pitt, Vanderbilt 81-77 = 158 Pat Kelly, Kentucky 83-75 = 158 58. Andrew Medley, Ole Miss 77-82 = 159 Nick Mantheny, Vanderbilt 81-78 = 159 60. Andy Brimer, Tennessee 82-78 = 160