LAKELAND, Fla. - Round two of the 2022 Sunshine State Conference Men's Golf Championship is done and gone. No. 1 Barry University continues to lead the 11 team field. Florida Southern College is hosting the 2022 event at Grasslands Golf & Country Club in Lakeland, Florida. The final round begins on Tuesday, April 12th, at 8:00 a.m.
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Men's Round 1 Recap
Day 1 leader William Hartford of Palm Beach Atlantic University has company in the tournament's top spot. Hartford's day two 2-over 74 places him in a four-way tie at 4-under. Joining Hartford at 4-under are George Eubank from the University of Tampa, Jake Nash from Saint Leo University, and Nicolas Quintero of Barry. Eubank and Nash tied for the round low of 4-under (68), while Quintero carded a 3-under. Lynn University's Alejandro Madariaga sits alone in fifth place at 3-under, following even par on day one and 3-under on day two.
Individual Full Leaderboard - Day 2
Barry's lead narrows to one-shot following an even-par (288) performance on day two. The Buccaneers are 1-under and fending off Saint Leo, who jumped to second place after a 4-under team performance on day two. Third place Florida Southern also went 4-under on day two and is 2-over heading into the final round. Barry's last SSC title came in 2019 at Lake Jovita - North, while Florida Southern last raised the trophy in 2010 at Grande Oaks. Saint Leo is still hunting the program's first men's golf league title.
Team Leaderboard - Day 2
Men's Tournament Notes
Day two yeilded a 74.60 scoring average, which is the lowest scoring round since the final 18 holes of the 2019 championship at Lake Jovita - North (72.35). The day one scoring average was 75.19.
Golfers found the par four 5th hole the most challenging during Round 2. It played 0.64 above par thanks to 32 scores above par Again, scoring was the best on the par five 4th hole, which yielded four eagles and 26 birdies. Besting round one's numbers of one eagle and 21 birdies.
Hartford’s 6-under round one performance places him in a seven-way tie for the second-best single round in SSC history. It is the best round since the efforts by Lynn’s Agustin Errazuriz (7-under) and NSU’s Juan Jose Guerra (6-under) on April 16, 2019.
SLU & FSC's 4-under is the lowest single-round team score since Nova Southeastern University went 7-under on the final day of the 2019 tournament.
The individual record for a three-round tournament is 12-under, achieved by Kyle Brey, Barry (2017 - Duran), and Steve Paramore, Florida Southern (2003 - Rio Pinar)
The individual record for a single round is 7-under. Four golfers have reached the mark, most recently by Agustin Errazuriz of Lynn (2019 - Lake Jovita - Third Round)
The Team record for a three-round tournament is 20-under, achieved by Barry in 2019 at Lake Jovita.
The Team record for a single round is 16-under, achieved by Florida Tech in 2018 at Grande Oaks (Third Round)
2022 marks the 40th Men's tournament for the conference and the first competition at Grasslands
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