Arkansas in Second After Two Rounds of Gary Ko

TAMPA, Fla. - The Razorback golf team registered an outstanding first day of play at the Gary Koch Intercollegiate and finds itself in second place with a score of 567. UA carded a 282 in the first round and 285 in the second on Old Memorial's par-72, 7,036-yard golf course. The Hogs are trailing the leader, No. 7 Georgia Tech (555), by 12 strokes. Top-ranked Florida is right behind Arkansas in third with a score of 568. LSU (42) and TCU (6) are tied in fourth with 570.
Three Razorback golfers ended the first day in the top 20 with senior Seth Murphy leading the charge. Murphy registered a six-under-par 138 after he shot 71 in the first round and 67 in the second. His second round score of 67 tied his career-best from The Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate last spring. Murphy is only three shots off the leader, Charleston's John Assey.
Senior All-American Andrew Dahl is tied for 11th with a three-under-par 141. Dahl posted first and second round scores of 68 and 73, respectively. Freshman Beau Glover was next with a two-under-par 142. The Sherwood, Ark., native shot a season-best 70 in the first round and a 72 in the second.
Freshman Matt Bortis is competing in his first tournament as a Razorback and is tied for 37th after two rounds. Bortis put up first and second rounds of 73 and 74, respectively, which gave him a three-over-par 147. Sophomore Paul Bradshaw rounded out the UA field in a tie for 41st with a four-over-par 148. He carded a 75 in the first round and a season-best 73 in the second round.
The final round of the Gary Koch Intercollegiate will begin Tuesday at 8 a.m. ET. The Hogs will travel next to Baton Rouge, La., to conclude their fall campaign at the Country Club of Louisiana Classic on October 26-28.

Results:
 Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Inter * Individual Old Memorial G.C. Tampa, FL Dates: 10/20 - 10/21 (Today:10-20-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7036 Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Georgia Tech 272 283 555 2 Arkansas, U. of 282 285 567 3 Florida, U. of 276 292 568 4 Louisiana State U. 283 287 570 TCU 281 289 570 6 Georgia State Univ. 289 285 574 7 Kentucky, U. of 285 291 576 8 North Carolina State 293 289 582 9 Florida State Univ. 292 291 583 10 So. Florida, U. of 296 290 586 11 Charleston, Coll. of 283 304 587 12 UCF 294 294 588 13 Mississippi, U. of 295 297 592 North Florida, U. of 299 293 592 15 Alabama, U. of 295 298 593 Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores 1 John Assey Charleston 67 68 135 2 Fernando Mechereffe NC State 69 67 136 Nicholas Thompson Ga. Tech 67 69 136 4 Kevin Larsen Ga. Tech 67 70 137 Adam Meyer TCU 68 69 137 6 Seth Murphy Arkansas 71 67 138 Roberto Castro Ga. Tech 68 70 138 8 Matt Every Florida 69 70 139 9 Heath West LSU 68 72 140 Colby Beckstrom TCU 66 74 140 11 Camilo Villegas Florida 70 71 141 Andrew Dahl Arkansas 68 73 141 Jessie Mudd Florida 65 76 141 14 John Holmes Kentucky 73 69 142 Ty Harris Georgia St 74 68 142 Mark Blakefield Kentucky 67 75 142 Beau Glover Arkansas 70 72 142 18 Lars Brovold Alabama 75 68 143 Kasper Jorgenson Georgia St 72 71 143 Jeff Reimann LSU 72 71 143 Mark Sestilio Florida St 73 70 143 Andreas Hoegberg UCF 72 71 143 *Ryan Cochran Florida 74 69 143 Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Inter Old Memorial G.C. Tampa, FL Dates: 10/20 - 10/21 (Today:10-20-2003) Par: 72