LAREDO, Texas. – After 36 holes in Laredo, Little Rock sits ninth among the 16-team field at the challenging Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club. The Trojans posted 4-under 572 through the first two rounds and are one of 11 teams under par heading into Tuesday's final round.
2019 Border Olympics Day One Results
The Trojans opened the tournament with a 1-over 289 in the morning round, paced by a 3-under 69 from
Justin Warren and a 2-under from
George Scanlon, competing in his first tournament of the year for Little Rock.
Round two saw a solid performance across the board for Little Rock, who notched a 5-under 283 over the afternoon round with three players registering sub-par rounds.
Logan Pate and
Aaron Ramos each shot under 70 with Pate registering his season-low with a 4-under 68 while Ramos shot a 3-under 69. Warren also finished under par with a 1-under 71.
After 18 holes of play, Warren has nearly cracked the individual top-10 with a 4-under 140, tied for 11th overall. Ramos is second on the Trojan scorecard with a 1-under 143, sitting among a 10-way tie for 30th, with Pate at an even-par 144, tied for 40th individually.
Little Rock, which tied for 11th after round one, holds a two shot lead on both UMKC and Lamar (2-under 574) as the two are tied for 10th overall. The Trojans have a chance to make a move over the final 18 holes as Little Rock trails both Oral Roberts and UT San Antonio (5-under 571) by one shot and is three strokes behind sixth-place ULM (7-under 569).
Arkansas State has dominated the tournament through 18 holes, shooting a 31-under 545 to lead second-place UT Rio Grande Valley (20-under 556) by 11 strokes. Sam Houston State and host Houston (18-under 558) are tied for third with Campbell (16-under 560) in fifth.
Tuesday's final round will get underway with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start as the Trojans will play with UMKC and Lamar in the final round pairings. Live scoring will be available at
Golfstat.com.
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