Men?s Golf In Second Place Through 36 Holes - Oregon State University Athletics

ERIE, Colo. – As the weather got better so did the scores for the Oregon State men’s golf team, as the Beavers knocked 17 strokes off their afternoon round on Monday’s 36-hole day to sit in second place at the 15-team Mark Simpson Invitational.

Play was halted due to darkness with 34 of the 84 players still needing to finish the second round.

Oregon State opened the two-day, 54-hole event with a 19-over 306-289--595 at the par-72, 7,741-yard Colorado National Golf Club and are six strokes back of host Colorado, which fired a 13-over 299-290--589. Washington State is a stroke behind the Beavers but all five of their players were unable to finish.

The guys battled for a solid second round, gave a few shots back at the end (in the dark) but we are within shouting distance of lead.
— Jon Reehoorn (@JonReehoorn) September 24, 2013

The morning round was played in terrible weather conditions with winds blowing nearly 25 mph on a very wet golf course. Only one player -- Preston Stanley of Houston Baptist -- reached red figures in the first round, while 10 of the 50 golfers who finished shot sub-par rounds in the afternoon.

2	Oregon State	306	289	595
T5	Kevin Murphy (2)	75	71	146
T9	David Fink (3)	78	70	148
T15	Alex Frankin (1)	74	75	149
T26	Scott Kim (4)	79	73	152
T70	Brian Jung (5)	84	75	159

Two of those with under-par rounds after the lunch break were Beavers, as senior David Fink fired a 2-under 70 and true freshman Kevin Murphy carded a 1-under 71. Junior Scott Kim shot a 1-over 73, while junior transfer Alex Franklin and sophomore Brian Jung each added a 3-over 75.

Murphy sits in a tie for fifth through 36 holes with a 2-over 75-71--146, and Fink’s hot second round moved him 25 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for ninth with a 4-over 78-70--148. Franklin was the only Oregon State golfer to go backwards after the second round, albeit just a stroke, and is tied for 15^th with a 5-over 74-75--149.

Kim knocked six strokes off his afternoon round, finishing the long day with an 8-over 79-73--152 to put him in a tie for 26^th. Despite finishing second at this event last year in his college debut, Jung had a tough first round with a 12-over 84. He made the biggest improvement, however, of anyone on the Beavers by posting a 3-over 75 and is tied for 70^th with a 15-over 159.

The 34 players still on the golf course when play was halted will finish their second round at 8 a.m. MT (7 a.m. PT) on Tuesday. The final round for all teams will move to a shotgun start beginning at 8:45 a.m. MT (7:45 a.m. PT).

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