Men’s Golf Ninth After 36 Holes at Florida Invite – Ohio State Buckeyes

Feb. 10, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio State men’s golf team is in ninth place at the Gator Invitational with 18 holes to be play. The Buckeyes shot rounds of 283-300 (583) Saturday for the first 36 holes of the event at Florida’s University Golf Course (par 70, 6,701) in Gainesville, Fla.

No. 23 Wake Forest leads the tournament by one shot over the host Gators with a score of 570 (280-290). Manuel Villegas of Florida is the individual leader after shooting rounds of 67-68 for a score of 5-under 135.

Ohio State senior Colin Biles (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) fired a season-low round of 69 and followed it up with a second round score of 76. He and classmate Jack Tyler (Novi, Mich./George Washington), who shot rounds of 73-72, are tied for 29th place.

Final round competition begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

Gator Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
Par 70 6,701-yard University Golf Course

Pl.	School	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Total
1.	Wake Forest	280	288		568
2.	Florida	280	289		569
3.	Georgia Southern	286	284		570
4.	Florida State	284	287		571
5.	Coastal Carolina	290	284		574
6.	UAB	287	289		576
7.	Georgia State	292	286		578
8.	Tulsa	290	290		580
9.	Ohio State	283	300		583
10.	North Florida	293	292		585
11.	Kentucky	295	293		588
12.	LSU	296	295		591
13.	UCF	297	297		594
14.	Purdue	299	303		602

Individuals

Pl.	Name, School	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Total
1.	Manuel Villegas, Florida	67	68		135
2.	Jonas Blixt, Florida St.	70	67		137
T3.	Zack Byrd, Coastal Carolina	71	67		138
T3.	Bryan Jones, Georgia Southern	70	68		138

Ohio State Individuals

Pl.	Name	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Total
T29.	Colin Biles	69	76		145
T29.	Jack Tyler	73	72		145
T37.	David Vallina	71	75		146
T54.	Patrick Simard	70	81		151
T69.	Dan Rush	80	77		157

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