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| Inverness Intercollegiate | |
| DATES | September 19-20, 2016 |
| LOCATION | Inverness Club; Toledo, Ohio (Par 71, 7,323 yards) |
| SCORING & INFO | Live Scoring |
| FIELD | Auburn (14), Austin Peay, Ball State, Bowling Green, Duke (22), Miami, Michigan, Michigan State (46), Minnesota, Penn State (33), Saint Mary's (Ca.) (47), Toledo (host) and Virginia (26). |
September 19, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Men's golf currently sits in fourth place at 13-over after two rounds of the Inverness Intercollegiate with one final round left to play.
ROUND 1
The Blue and White shot a 4-over 288 en route to a fourth place standing following the first 18 holes of the tournament. A 15-minute fog delay led off what turned out to be an otherwise great day weather-wise and sophomore Charles Huntzinger (Duluth, Ga.) took full advantage shooting a 2-under 69 to put him in a six-way tie for fifth place. Cole Miller (New Tripoli, Pa.) shot even par to finish in a tie for 13th and freshman Ryan Davis (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) ended 1-over par, but in a tie for 16th placing three Nittany Lions within the top 20 competitors. Senior Christian Elliott (Port Perry, Ontario) and sophomore JD Hughes (Carlisle, Pa.) both shot 76 in the opening round.
The only teams to shoot under par to open the tournament, Duke (-7) and Auburn (-4), sat in first and second, respectively before Bowling Green (+3) came in one stroke the better of the Lions. Michigan State (+6) and Michigan (+8) followed suit in fifth and sixth. Auburn's Matt Gilchrist led the way individually posting a 7-under 64 to start the day.
ROUND 2
The Lions began and ended the second round of play in fourth place after a 9-over 293 coupled with their first round performance lands them at 13-over for the tournament. Charles Huntzinger shot an even par second round to stay in a tie for fifth place at 2-under.
Junior Cole Miller finished hot as he birdied two out of his last three holes shooting a 2-over 73 to sit at 144 and in a tie for 10th entering the final round of play. Ryan Davis shot 3-over putting him at 4-over on the day and in a tie for 26th. Christian Elliott (T43, +9) and JD Hughes (T51, +10) shot a 75 and 76, respectively.
Duke (1, -10) and Auburn (2, -7) carried their play over into the second round again finishing as the only teams to shoot under par. Three Big Ten teams sit in the third, fourth and fifth places as Michigan State sits in third at 9-over before the Lions at 13-over and Minnesota at 15-over.
Matt Gilchirst from Auburn shot an even second round to maintain his lead at 6-under with Duke's Matt Oshrine (-5) and Virginia's Danny Walker (-4), who is playing as an individual, right behind.
The Lions tee off for the final round at the historic Inverness Club tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.
| Pos. | Team/Player (seed) | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Total | + / - |
| 4 | Penn State | 288 | 293 | 581 | +13 | |
| T5 | Charles Huntzinger (3) | 69 | 71 | 140 | -2 | |
| T19 | Cole Miller (1) | 71 | 73 | 144 | +2 | |
| T26 | Ryan Davis (4) | 72 | 74 | 146 | +4 | |
| T43 | Christian Elliott (5) | 76 | 75 | 151 | +9 | |
| T51 | JD Hughes (2) | 76 | 76 | 152 | +10 |