Men’s Golf: Virginia in fourth place heading into final day at Hayt Collegiate

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Despite improving on its first-round score by five strokes, the No. 13 Virginia men’s golf team did not move on the leaderboard and remains in fourth place after two rounds at The Hayt Collegiate.

The Cavaliers stand at 7-over 583. The 14-team event is taking place at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Top-ranked North Carolina leads the field at 4-under 572.

Virginia, which posted a team score of 1-over 289, was led during the second round by Deven Patel’s 4-under 68. He moved up 19 spots in the individual standings and will enter Monday’s final round in sixth place at 2-under 142.

UVA’s Ben James shot 1-over 73 and dropped back to 12th place at even par 144. Chris Fosdick and Bryan Lee both posted rounds of 3-over 75. Fosdick is in 23rd place at 148 while Lee is tied with teammate Paul Chang for 42nd place at 151. Chang shot 73 during the second round.

Grayson Wotnosky, competing as an individual, is in 37th place at 150. He had a second-round score of 76.

Monday’s final round gets underway at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.

The Hayt Collegiate
Sawgrass Country Club
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Par 72, 6,966 yards
Second-Round Results

Team Results
1. North Carolina — 289-283-572
2. Alabama — 282-293-575
2. Ohio State — 286-289-575
4. Virginia — 294-289-583
5. Louisville — 295-296-591
6. Duke — 305-287-592
7. South Florida — 303-292-595
7. North Florida — 301-294-595
9. Charlotte — 311-290-601
10. UCF — 301-302-603
11. Liberty — 297-308-605
12. Jacksonville — 300-308-608
13. UTSA — 308-303-611
14. Coastal Carolina — 307-309-616

Individual Leaders
1. Adam Wallin, Ohio State — 70-70-140
1. Canon Claycomb, Alabama — 69-71-140

Virginia Results
6. Deven Patel — 74-68-142
12. Ben James — 71-73-144
23. Chris Fosdick — 73-75-148
42. Bryan Lee — 76-75-151
42. Paul Chang — 78-73-151
37. Grayson Wotnosky* — 74-76-150
* Competing as an individual