TCU
Desert Intercollegiate
TCU Holds Big Lead at Desert Intercollegiate
2/23/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Feb. 23, 2013
PALM DESERT, Calif.—TCU extended its lead on the team leaderboard to double digits Saturday with another solid performance during Round 2 of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at The Classic Club. Four Horned Frogs currently sit among the field's top-5 individual golfers.
TCU posted the top team total of the day with an even-par 288 to stay at -11 overall. The squad leads second-place Texas Tech by 11 strokes in a bid for its first tournament title of the season. Including the 13th-ranked Frogs, the field includes four teams currently ranked among the top 50 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin national ratings.
Sophomore Julien Brun retained a share of the top spot on the individual leaderboard, firing a 1-under 71 Saturday to sit alongside Jonathan De Los (St. Mary's) and Finley Ewing (Texas Tech) at -5 overall. Brun recorded his second eagle of the weekend on the par-5 fourth hole and has now played par golf or better in 11 of 14 rounds this season.
Joining Brun near the top of the individual standings are three Frogs in a four-way tie for fifth place at -2 overall in seniors Eli Cole and Pontus Gad and freshman Paul Barjon. Barjon and Gad both carded even-par rounds of 72 Saturday, while Cole fired a 1-over 73.
Senior Daniel Jennevret sits just outside the top 10 in a tie for 13th place at +1. He posted a 3-over 75 Saturday. Freshman Michael Culin, who is competing this week as an individual entry, also recorded a 75 to climb into a tie for 40th place at +6.
TCU wraps up its week on the west coast with the final round of Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate on Sunday. Competition begins with tee times at 8 a.m. PST.
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate
The Classic Club (Palm Desert, Calif.)
Feb. 23, 2013
Rounds 2 Results
TEAM STANDINGS (15 teams)
1. TCU - (-11; 277-288=565)
2. Texas Tech - (E; 284-292=576)
3. St. Mary's - (+2; 284-294=578)
4. San Francisco - (+3; 284-295=579)
5. Oregon State - (+6; 291-291=582)
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (100 competitors)
1. Julien Brun, TCU - (-5; 68-71=139)
Jonathan De Los Reyes, St. Mary's - (-5; 69-70=139)
Finley Ewing, Texas Tech - (-5; 70-69=139)
4. Cory McElyea, San Francisco - (-3; 70-71=141)
5. Paul Barjon, TCU - (-2; 70-72=142)
Eli Cole, TCU - (-2; 69-73-142)
Pontus Gad, TCU - (-2; 70-72=142)
Matias Dominguez, ind. - (-2; 72-70=142)
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t13. Daniel Jennevret, TCU - (+1; 70-75=145)
t40. *Michael Culin, TCU - (+6; 75-75=150)
* competing as an individual entry
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