Barjon Moves into 4th at Pebble Beach
9/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 5, 2015
PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. -- TCU senior Paul Barjon moved up one spot in the standings and enters Sunday's final round in fourth place as TCU continues play at the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach Golf Links. It is the opening tournament of the season for the Horned Frogs.
In all, the five Horned Frogs on the scorecard each shot 73 or better to post a 15-stroke improvement as a team over Friday's opening round. TCU was one of just two teams in the field to have their top five all post a score of 73 or better on the day Saturday.
Barjon repeated his opening round score of 71 on Saturday to climb from fifth to fourth on the individual leaderboard to pace the Horned Frogs. Barjon enters Sunday just three shots behind leader Alvaro Ortiz of Arkansas.
Newcomer Pierre Mazier repeated his opening round score of 73 and is just outside the top 20 at 23rd on the leaderboard entering Sunday. The remainder of the Horned Frog lineup all improved on their opening round scores by at least three strokes and overall improved on their score by an average of 4.5 strokes per golfer. The lineup combined to post just one hole over bogey on the day. Giulio Castagnara and Sarosh Adi posted 73 on Saturday while Chelso Barrett had a 72. Turner MacLean rounded out the TCU lineup with a 79.
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The Horned Frogs are current in eighth place in the eight team field but are just nine shots out of the top five. Every team in the field is either ranked or receiving votes in the Bushnell Golfweek Preseason Coaches Poll, including the Horned Frogs -- who were second among those receiving votes in the poll. No. 11 Vanderbilt and No. 12 Georgia lead the pack of four ranked teams in the field.
The event concludes on Sunday.
Historic Pebble Beach, the site of six major championships, most recently hosted the U.S. Open in 2010. The championship will return in 2019 to the course that has seen such major champions as Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Tom Kite and Tom Watson.
Last season at the Carmel Cup, Andrew Presley fired a final-round 69 to help lead the TCU men's golf team to a third-place finish at the event. Presley was making his TCU debut after spending the previous three seasons at LSU. Barrett returns to the event after finishing 15th last year in the event. The Horned Frogs won the event in 2012 with Julien Brun taking home individual honors. It was the fourth of nine career tournament top honors for Brun during his TCU career.
Sunday's Tee Times
7:10 am PT Turner MacLean
7:20 am PT Chelso Barrett
7:30 am PT Sarosh Adi
7:40 am PT Giulio Castagnara
7:50 am PT Pierre Mazier
8:00 am PT Paul Barjon
Individual Results for TCU
T4. Paul Barjon -2 71 71 142
23. Pierre Mazier +2 73 73 146
T36. Sarosh Adi +6 77 73 150
T36. Giulio Castagnara +6 77 73 150
T38. Chelso Barrett +7 79 72 151
48. Turner MacLean +17 82 79 161
Team Leaderboard After Round Two
1. Oklahoma State 361 351 712 -8
T2. Georgia 361 360 721 +1
T2. Vanderbilt 357 364 721 +1
4. Oklahoma 364 359 723 +3
T5. Texas Tech 377 353 730 +10
T5. Arkansas 357 373 730 +10
7. Ohio State 372 364 736 +16
8. TCU 377 362 739 +19
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