Owls in 10th Place at Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic

Oct. 9, 2006

The Rice Owls golf currently sits in 10th place after the completion of two rounds of the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic, which is hosted by Notre Dame and held at the Warren Golf Course (par 72; 7,011 yards). Rice was in great after round one in which saw the Owls in second place at 289 on the strength of Kyle Kelley's four-under 66. But, scores ballooned in round as Rice shot a 327 and is now 10th in the 12-team field at 616.

Kelley dropped 20 positions to 21st after shooting a +14 84 in round two. As a matter of fact, each Owl golfer was in the 80s for the second round.

Lamar University, under perfect weather conditions, leads the field at 567 (283-284), 19 strokes better than second place Notre Dame (292-294) and 24 strokes better than Florida State (295=296=591), which is in third place. Lamar's Oliver Bekker (69-69) and Justin Harding (67-71) are tied for first at 138 (-2).

Final round action concludes on Tuesday.

Rice Scores
T21 Kyle Kelley 66-84=150
T38 Addison Awe 74-82=156
T46 Bobby Thomure 73-84=157
T46 Kaz Hoffman 76-81=157
T61 Erik Petersen 80-80=160

Day One Results
1 Lamar +7 283-284=567
2 Notre Dame +26 292-294=586
3 Florida State +31 295-296=591
T4 Baylor +40 295-305=600
T4 Augusta State +40 305-295=600
T6 Vanderbilt +44 295-309=604
T6 Virginia +44 299-305=604
8 College of Charleston +47 308-299=607
9 Western Kentucky +54 303-311=614
T10 Rice +56 289-327=616
T10 Louisiana-Monroe +56 311-305=616
12 Illinois State +60 312-308=620

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