HUMBLE, Texas – The Texas State men's golf team struggled to make up any ground in the second round of the All-American Intercollegiate on Monday and remained in 13th place with a two-day total of 608 (+32) at the Golf Club of Houston.
The All-American Intercollegiate is the first tournament this season that Texas State has shot any rounds with a team score over 300. The Bobcats finished Monday with a 302 (+14) after opening the tournament shooting 306 on Sunday.
Texas State enters the final round on Tuesday eight shots behind Middle Tennessee State for 12th place and 14 shots behind UT Arlington for 11th place. The Bobcats are behind three Sun Belt Conference schools after entering the tournament as one of five schools ranked in Golf Stat's top 100 team rankings. The Bobcats ranked No. 92 in the latest Golfstat Team Rankings. Three schools led by No. 8-ranked Wake Forest, are ranked in the nation's top 30.
Logan Lockwood struggled on his final nine holes on Monday and ended the second round shooting 7-over-par.
Calvin Ross came back to lead Texas State with a score of 73 in the second round, and
Evan White shot a 75 on Monday. He finished the round one shot ahead of
Ben Swaffield's 76.
Dalton Hankamer shot a 78 on the second day.
White has Texas State's best two-day total of 150, which ties him for 50th place in the individual standings. Ross has a 151 total, and Lockwood ended the second day with a score of 153.
Swaffield enters the final round with a 36-hole total of 156, and
Dalton Hankamer rounds out Texas State's scores with a 157.
Sam Houston State leads the tournament at 564 (-12) after shooting 287 (-1) as a team in the second round. Wake Forest is four shots back in second place, while UTSA and Rice are in third place with a team score of 573 (-3) through 36 holes. ULM and Louisiana are fifth with an even-par 576 on the par-72, 7067-yard layout, which has played host to the PGA Tour's Houston Open since 2003.